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Referee's report by Sydney Howard Vines, on a paper 'On the present position of the question of the sources of the nitrogen of vegetation, with some new results, and preliminary notice of new lines of investigation' by John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert

Reference number: RR/10/185

Date: 07 June 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper very long, suggests omitting some of the repetition.

Subject: Chemistry, Botany

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

Reference number
RR/10/185
Earliest possible date
07 June 1888
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Sidney Howard Vines

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Sidney Howard Vines, Referee's report by Sydney Howard Vines, on a paper 'On the present position of the question of the sources of the nitrogen of vegetation, with some new results, and preliminary notice of new lines of investigation' by John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert, 07 June 1888, RR/10/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_185/referees-report-by-sydney-howard-vines-on-a-paper-on-the-present-position-of-the-question-of-the-sources-of-the-nitrogen-of-vegetation-with-some-new-results-and-preliminary-notice-of-new-lines-of-investigation-by-john-bennet-lawes-and-joseph-henry-gilbert, accessed on 12 December 2024

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