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Referee's report by Isaac Bayley Balfour, on a paper 'Further observations on the nature and functions of the nodules of leguminous plants' by Maria Dawson

Reference number: RR/14/137

Date: February 1900

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The sections dealing with morphology are interesting, and might be suitable for publication if re-written. The final section of the paper might have been suitable if it dealt with 'pioneer work'.

Subject: Botany

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 5 February 1900.

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RR/14/137
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February 1900
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2 pages
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Isaac Bayley Balfour

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Isaac Bayley Balfour, Referee's report by Isaac Bayley Balfour, on a paper 'Further observations on the nature and functions of the nodules of leguminous plants' by Maria Dawson, February 1900, RR/14/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_137/referees-report-by-isaac-bayley-balfour-on-a-paper-further-observations-on-the-nature-and-functions-of-the-nodules-of-leguminous-plants-by-maria-dawson, accessed on 07 October 2024

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