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Letter [from Edgar Johnson Allen] to [Archibald Vivian] Hill, regarding a paper 'On the nature and permeability of Chitin, III - The nature and origin of the membranes surrounding the developing eggs of Homarus vulgaris' by [Charles Maurice] Yonge

Reference number: RR/W/5/67

Date: 25 April 1937

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Paper reference code: B.121

Acknowledges letter and referees' comments [see RR/W/5/65 and RR/W/5/66]. Asks for the paper to be withdrawn so it can be returned to Yonge.

[Not published, but part I and II published in the Proceedings B in 1932 and 1936].

Received 26 April 1937

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RR/W/5/67
Earliest possible date
25 April 1937
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Letter [from Edgar Johnson Allen] to [Archibald Vivian] Hill, regarding a paper 'On the nature and permeability of Chitin, III - The nature and origin of the membranes surrounding the developing eggs of Homarus vulgaris' by [Charles Maurice] Yonge, 25 April 1937, RR/W/5/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_67/letter-from-edgar-johnson-allen-to-archibald-vivian-hill-regarding-a-paper-on-the-nature-and-permeability-of-chitin-iii-the-nature-and-origin-of-the-membranes-surrounding-the-developing-eggs-of-homarus-vulgaris-by-charles-maurice-yonge, accessed on 14 June 2026

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