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Referee's report by William Henry Lang, on a paper 'The Dictyoxylon cortex of lycopodiales as a constituent of coal' by Clarence A Seyler

Reference number: RR/36/71

Date: November 1927

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results are only of importance when combined with the valuable use of a new scientific method. Suggests a more detailed description of the methods of preparation be given.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1928]

Endorsed on verso as received 25 November 1927.

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RR/36/71
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November 1927
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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William Henry Lang, Referee's report by William Henry Lang, on a paper 'The Dictyoxylon cortex of lycopodiales as a constituent of coal' by Clarence A Seyler, November 1927, RR/36/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_36_71/referees-report-by-william-henry-lang-on-a-paper-the-dictyoxylon-cortex-of-lycopodiales-as-a-constituent-of-coal-by-clarence-a-seyler, accessed on 20 April 2025

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