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Referee's report by Sydney Howard Vines, on a paper 'Experimental researches in vegetable assimilation & respiration. IV A quantitative study of carbon dioxide assimilation and leaf-temperature in natural illumination' by Dr Frederick Frost Blackman and Miss Gabrielle Louise Caroline Matthaei

Reference number: RR/16/268

Date: 17 May 1905

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Assessment of a manuscript submitted for publication by the Royal Society, completed by the referee using a standard printed form.

Sectional Committee: Botany

Vines thinks the paper should be published in full and without modification in the 'Philosophical Transactions'. All the illustrations are necessary. No general remarks are given.

Annotated by JL [Joseph Larmor] regarding publication in the 'Proceedings [of the Royal Society]'.

Published: 'Experimental Researches in Vegetable Assimilation and Respiration. IV.--A Quantitative Study of Carbon-Dioxide Assimilation and Leaf-Temperature in Natural Illumination' by F F Blackman and L C Matthaei, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 1905, 76, 402-460.

Endorsed on verso as recevied 19 May 1905.

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RR/16/268
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17 May 1905
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Standardised form (type A)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Referee's report by Sydney Howard Vines, on a paper 'Experimental researches in vegetable assimilation & respiration. IV A quantitative study of carbon dioxide assimilation and leaf-temperature in natural illumination' by Dr Frederick Frost Blackman and Miss Gabrielle Louise Caroline Matthaei, 17 May 1905, RR/16/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_268/referees-report-by-sydney-howard-vines-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-in-vegetable-assimilation-respiration-iv-a-quantitative-study-of-carbon-dioxide-assimilation-and-leaf-temperature-in-natural-illumination-by-dr-frederick-frost-blackman-and-miss-gabrielle-louise-caroline-matthaei, accessed on 12 December 2025

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