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Letter from Sir William [Cecil] Dampier [Whetham] to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society [John David Griffith Davies], regarding a paper 'Growth and development in the pig with special reference to carcase quality characters' by C P McMeekan

Reference number: RR/W/7/32

Date: 10 November 1938

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Paper reference code: B.45

Dampier is unable to attend the Zoology Committee meeting on 18 November. Has no changes to make to his referee report on McMeekan's paper. He believes it to be of interest, but cannot say if it is of sufficient wider interest for the Royal Society to publish it or not. The Committee [of Papers] must make that decision.

[Not published].

Received 11 November 1938

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RR/W/7/32
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10 November 1938
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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William Cecil Dampier Dampier

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Sir; William Cecil Dampier Whetham

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William Cecil Dampier Dampier, Sir; William Cecil Dampier Whetham, Letter from Sir William [Cecil] Dampier [Whetham] to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society [John David Griffith Davies], regarding a paper 'Growth and development in the pig with special reference to carcase quality characters' by C P McMeekan, 10 November 1938, RR/W/7/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_32/letter-from-sir-william-cecil-dampier-whetham-to-the-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-john-david-griffith-davies-regarding-a-paper-growth-and-development-in-the-pig-with-special-reference-to-carcase-quality-characters-by-c-p-mcmeekan, accessed on 07 October 2026

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