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Referee's report by Albert Charles Seward, on a paper 'Studies on the structure and affinities of cretaceous plants' by Marie Stopes and Kenjiro Fujii

Reference number: RR/17/442

Date: 31 May 1909

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Sectional committee: Botany and geology

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is of 'hurried composition' and 'insufficient acquaintance' with existing papers on the subject. There are too many illustrations which should be made smaller in size. The authors have 'paid little regard to the necessity of economising space and have evidently not realised the cost of production'. There is no mention of the fact that The Royal Society partially funded this research trip to Japan.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1911].

Endorsed on verso as received 3 June 1909.

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RR/17/442
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31 May 1909
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Standardised form (type A) and typescript report on paper
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4 pages
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Typescript
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Albert Charles Seward

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Albert Charles Seward, Referee's report by Albert Charles Seward, on a paper 'Studies on the structure and affinities of cretaceous plants' by Marie Stopes and Kenjiro Fujii, 31 May 1909, RR/17/442, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_442/referees-report-by-albert-charles-seward-on-a-paper-studies-on-the-structure-and-affinities-of-cretaceous-plants-by-marie-stopes-and-kenjiro-fujii, accessed on 27 April 2025

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