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RefNoCMB/40/1/7/1
LevelItem
TitleCopy, letter from W A Herdman, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, to Gerald Lightfoot, Advisory Council of Science and Industry, East Melbourne
Date15 May 1917
DescriptionDescribes the work and background of the Committee, the research to date done by Durrant at the British Museum, Prof Dendy at King's College, Dr J S Edkins at Bedford College, and Prof Newstead with H M Duvall at Liverpool. Notes that they have discontinued the statistical research into the damage to grain and are focusing on the identification of pests and extermination experiments. p12-13.
Extent2pp
FormatPrinted
AccessStatusOpen
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