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August 17, 1953
 
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  • Letter from Stella Leche Deignan, National Research Council, to LP RE: Attached is LP's previous summary given for his grant work. This summary would be adequate for renewal purposes, but LP is to review it and see if it is satisfactory to him. The summary details the work involved, which is using X-ray diffraction in an effort to elucidate the structure of nucleic acids using the tobacco mosaic virus as a model. [Filed under LP Science: 14.016].
  • Letter from Mr. P.M. O'Bryan to LP RE: requests the name of the distributers of an instrument that LP has perfected which measures the oxygen content of air. [letter of response from BW to Mr. O'Bryan 9-1-53].
  • Letter from Verner Shomaker [written in LP's absence] to Dr. Frederick D. Rossini RE: tries to answer an enquiry from Dr. Rossini to LP about Mr. Robert Paul Smith. Gives his opinion of him. [letter from Dr. Rossini to LP 8-11-53].
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