Referee's Report by W E [William Edwad] Curtis on 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/7/37
Date: 12 December 1938
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Paper reference code: B.68 and B.69
Suitable for publication in the Proceedings. The results, 'wilst inevitably lacking in certainty, are at least very plausible'.
[Not published].
Received 21 December 1938
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William Edward Curtis, William Edward Curtis, Referee's Report by W E [William Edwad] Curtis on 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, 12 December 1938, RR/W/7/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_37/referees-report-by-w-e-william-edwad-curtis-on-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 06 October 2026
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