Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Frederick Frost Blackman, on a paper 'The selected photochemical action of polarised light. Part II - The hydrolysis of starch in the living plant cell' by Elizabeth Semmens

Reference number: RR/32/122

Date: February 1925

Description

Sectional committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. It is 'not a very satisfactory paper, as the author is not familiar with the physiological field in which she is walking'. Despite this, 'it records a quite new discovery'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 28 February 1925.

Reference number
RR/32/122
Earliest possible date
February 1925
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Frederick Frost Blackman

View page for Frederick Frost Blackman

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Frederick Frost Blackman, Referee's report by Frederick Frost Blackman, on a paper 'The selected photochemical action of polarised light. Part II - The hydrolysis of starch in the living plant cell' by Elizabeth Semmens, February 1925, RR/32/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_32_122/referees-report-by-frederick-frost-blackman-on-a-paper-the-selected-photochemical-action-of-polarised-light-part-ii-the-hydrolysis-of-starch-in-the-living-plant-cell-by-elizabeth-semmens, accessed on 25 March 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_32_122/referees-report-by-frederick-frost-blackman-on-a-paper-the-selected-photochemical-action-of-polarised-light-part-ii-the-hydrolysis-of-starch-in-the-living-plant-cell-by-elizabeth-semmens

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_32_122/referees-report-by-frederick-frost-blackman-on-a-paper-the-selected-photochemical-action-of-polarised-light-part-ii-the-hydrolysis-of-starch-in-the-living-plant-cell-by-elizabeth-semmens" title="Referee's report by Frederick Frost Blackman, on a paper 'The selected photochemical action of polarised light. Part II - The hydrolysis of starch in the living plant cell' by Elizabeth Semmens" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection