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Referee's report by Edwin John Butler, on a paper 'The action of certain volatile substances and gases on the growth of mould fungi' by R G Tomkins

Reference number: RR/47/135

Date: 16 May 1932

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Sectional committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. The author's preliminary work on this subject should be referred to. The paper is a valuable contribution and gives precise information on the subject.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1932].

Endorsed on verso as received 18 May 1932.

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RR/47/135
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16 May 1932
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Edwin John Butler, Referee's report by Edwin John Butler, on a paper 'The action of certain volatile substances and gases on the growth of mould fungi' by R G Tomkins, 16 May 1932, RR/47/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_47_135/referees-report-by-edwin-john-butler-on-a-paper-the-action-of-certain-volatile-substances-and-gases-on-the-growth-of-mould-fungi-by-r-g-tomkins, accessed on 06 October 2026

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