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Referee's report by Francis Darwin, on a paper 'Geotropism and the Weber–Fechner law' by James Small

Reference number: RR/24/80

Date: June 1917

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Is unfamiliar with the method used so cannot comment on it. Considers the work to have been done 'with great care and originality', with interesting conclusions.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 21 June 1917.

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RR/24/80
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June 1917
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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Francis Darwin

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Francis Darwin, Referee's report by Francis Darwin, on a paper 'Geotropism and the Weber–Fechner law' by James Small, June 1917, RR/24/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_24_80/referees-report-by-francis-darwin-on-a-paper-geotropism-and-the-weberfechner-law-by-james-small, accessed on 09 October 2024

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