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Referee's report by Walter Stiles, on a paper 'On the dehiscence of the antheridium and the part played by surface tension in the dispersal of spermatocytes in Bryophyta' by Helen Muggoch and John Walton

Reference number: RR/68/106

Date: 1941

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies that a footnote 'contains information regarding the source of the Glasgow water supply. This is no doubt known to the enemy'.

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

No received date.

Reference number
RR/68/106
Earliest possible date
1941
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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Walter Stiles

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Walter Stiles, Referee's report by Walter Stiles, on a paper 'On the dehiscence of the antheridium and the part played by surface tension in the dispersal of spermatocytes in Bryophyta' by Helen Muggoch and John Walton, 1941, RR/68/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_106/referees-report-by-walter-stiles-on-a-paper-on-the-dehiscence-of-the-antheridium-and-the-part-played-by-surface-tension-in-the-dispersal-of-spermatocytes-in-bryophyta-by-helen-muggoch-and-john-walton, accessed on 20 January 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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