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Referee's report by Rowland Harry Biffen, on a paper 'A quantitative investigation of the bacterial and protozoan population of the soil, with an account of the protozoan fauna' by D Ward Cutler, Lettice M Crump and H Sandon

Reference number: RR/27/33

Date: July 1922

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Sectional committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'of fundamental importance and records an immense piece of work'. However, the paper should be re-written and condensed prior to publication.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1923].

Endorsed on verso as received 24 July 1922.

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RR/27/33
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July 1922
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Standardised form (type D) and types note on paper
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5 pages
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Rowland Harry Biffen

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Rowland Harry Biffen, Referee's report by Rowland Harry Biffen, on a paper 'A quantitative investigation of the bacterial and protozoan population of the soil, with an account of the protozoan fauna' by D Ward Cutler, Lettice M Crump and H Sandon, July 1922, RR/27/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_27_33/referees-report-by-rowland-harry-biffen-on-a-paper-a-quantitative-investigation-of-the-bacterial-and-protozoan-population-of-the-soil-with-an-account-of-the-protozoan-fauna-by-d-ward-cutler-lettice-m-crump-and-h-sandon, accessed on 10 November 2024

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