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Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'Electrical effects accompanying the decomposition of organic compounds. III. Photosynthesis and plant nutrition' by M C Potter

Reference number: RR/36/38

Date: 31 January 1927

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is purely speculative and the results wrongly interpreted.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 1 February 1927.

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RR/36/38
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31 January 1927
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2 pages
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Vernon Herbert Blackman

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Vernon Herbert Blackman, Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'Electrical effects accompanying the decomposition of organic compounds. III. Photosynthesis and plant nutrition' by M C Potter, 31 January 1927, RR/36/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_36_38/referees-report-by-vernon-herbert-blackman-on-a-paper-electrical-effects-accompanying-the-decomposition-of-organic-compounds-iii-photosynthesis-and-plant-nutrition-by-m-c-potter, accessed on 11 November 2025

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