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Reference numberRR/54/100
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Joseph Barcroft, on a paper 'The secretory phenomena in the oviduct of the fowl, including the process of shell formation examined by the microincineration technique' by K C Richardson
Date5 August 1934
DescriptionSectional committee: Physiology

He has struggled to understand a basic piece of arithmetic in the paper and considers himself a 'broken reed' and is unable to fully judge the paper. The work in the paper is 'good and careful' and it should be published. The paper should be referred to someone who won't find difficulty in following it.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1935].

Endorsed on verso as received 8 August 1934.
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstb.1935.0010
Related records in the catalogueRR/54/101
RR/54/102
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6402Barcroft; Sir; Joseph (1872 - 1947)1872 - 1947
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