Letter from W W C [William Whiteman Carlton] Topley to the Royal Society, regarding two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea
Reference number: RR/W/7/36
Date: 06 December 1938
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Paper reference code: B.68 and B.69
Unable to provide a full report on the two papers. His only comment is that the methods of counting used by the authors are subject to large margins of error and it seems unreasonable to base conclusions on these. A more accurate method of counting ought to have been devised.
[Not published].
Received 7 December 1938
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William Whiteman Carlton Topley, William Whiteman Carlton Topley, Letter from W W C [William Whiteman Carlton] Topley to the Royal Society, regarding two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea, 06 December 1938, RR/W/7/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_36/letter-from-w-w-c-william-whiteman-carlton-topley-to-the-royal-society-regarding-two-papers-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-iv-the-lethal-action-of-soft-x-rays-and-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-v-the-target-theory-by-r-b-haines-and-d-e-lea, accessed on 14 October 2026
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