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Referee's report by William Robin Thompson, on a paper 'The influence of moonlight on the activity of certain nocturnal insects, particularly of the family Noctuidae, as indicated by a light trap' by Carrington Bonsor Williams

Reference number: RR/62/93

Date: February 1936

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests revising the paper as at present it is untidily prepared and badly written. Suggests clarifying and revising the reference numbering of the figures and the text. Provides examples of careless spelling and poor sentence structure. Suggests adding justification for the method, or witholding the paper until such justification has appeared in print.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 12 February 1936.

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RR/62/93
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February 1936
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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William Robin Thompson, Referee's report by William Robin Thompson, on a paper 'The influence of moonlight on the activity of certain nocturnal insects, particularly of the family Noctuidae, as indicated by a light trap' by Carrington Bonsor Williams, February 1936, RR/62/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_93/referees-report-by-william-robin-thompson-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-moonlight-on-the-activity-of-certain-nocturnal-insects-particularly-of-the-family-noctuidae-as-indicated-by-a-light-trap-by-carrington-bonsor-williams, accessed on 18 September 2024

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