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Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The Devonian fish Palaeospondylus gunni Traquair' by J A Moy-Thomas

Reference number: RR/67/303

Date: 21 August 1940

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a valuable contribution to knowledge of a remarkable fish.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1940].

Endorsed on verso as received 22 August 1940.

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RR/67/303
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21 August 1940
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2 pages
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Arthur Smith Woodward, Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The Devonian fish Palaeospondylus gunni Traquair' by J A Moy-Thomas, 21 August 1940, RR/67/303, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_303/referees-report-by-arthur-smith-woodward-on-a-paper-the-devonian-fish-palaeospondylus-gunni-traquair-by-j-a-moy-thomas, accessed on 22 January 2025

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