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Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'The proportion of the sexes produced by whites and 'coloured people' in Cuba' by Walter Heape

Reference number: RR/17/298

Date: 27 November 1908

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, it is too long.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1909].

Endorsed on verso as received 3 December 1908.

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RR/17/298
Earliest possible date
27 November 1908
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Standardised form (type A)
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'The proportion of the sexes produced by whites and 'coloured people' in Cuba' by Walter Heape, 27 November 1908, RR/17/298, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_298/referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-the-proportion-of-the-sexes-produced-by-whites-and-coloured-people-in-cuba-by-walter-heape, accessed on 19 March 2025

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