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Referee's report by Sydney John Hickson, on a paper 'The development of the sea-anemones Metridium dianthus (Ellis) and Adamsia palliata (Bohad)' by James Fairlie Gemmill

Reference number: RR/25/13

Date: June 1918

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests that some of the material may be acceptable for a short paper in the Proceedings. The photographs will not reproduce well. The paper does not advance knowledge by much.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1920]

Endorsed on verso as received 25 June 1918.

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RR/25/13
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June 1918
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2 pages
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Sydney John Hickson, Referee's report by Sydney John Hickson, on a paper 'The development of the sea-anemones Metridium dianthus (Ellis) and Adamsia palliata (Bohad)' by James Fairlie Gemmill, June 1918, RR/25/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_13/referees-report-by-sydney-john-hickson-on-a-paper-the-development-of-the-sea-anemones-metridium-dianthus-ellis-and-adamsia-palliata-bohad-by-james-fairlie-gemmill, accessed on 07 October 2026

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