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Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The photosynthesis of carbohydrates from hydrated carbon dioxide' by Edward Charles Cyril Baly

Reference number: RR/66/18

Date: January 1939

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper contains much speculation without experimental basis or reasonable theory. Before publication, the speculation would need to be brought into closer relation with experimental facts.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 28 January 1939.

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RR/66/18
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January 1939
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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The photosynthesis of carbohydrates from hydrated carbon dioxide' by Edward Charles Cyril Baly, January 1939, RR/66/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_18/referees-report-by-cyril-norman-hinshelwood-on-a-paper-the-photosynthesis-of-carbohydrates-from-hydrated-carbon-dioxide-by-edward-charles-cyril-baly, accessed on 16 April 2026

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