Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Harold Munro Fox, on a paper 'The effects of cold and colchicine on mitosis in the newt' by Horace Newton Barber and Harold Garnet Callan

Reference number: RR/68/213

Date: 1942

Description

Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the reasons and importance for studying the subject be further discussed in the intoduction. Suggests reducing the number of years shown on the graphs and omitting some of the figures.

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 the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

Reference number
RR/68/213
Earliest possible date
1942
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Harold Munro Fox

View page for Harold Munro Fox

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Harold Munro Fox, Referee's report by Harold Munro Fox, on a paper 'The effects of cold and colchicine on mitosis in the newt' by Horace Newton Barber and Harold Garnet Callan, 1942, RR/68/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_213/referees-report-by-harold-munro-fox-on-a-paper-the-effects-of-cold-and-colchicine-on-mitosis-in-the-newt-by-horace-newton-barber-and-harold-garnet-callan, accessed on 15 July 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_213/referees-report-by-harold-munro-fox-on-a-paper-the-effects-of-cold-and-colchicine-on-mitosis-in-the-newt-by-horace-newton-barber-and-harold-garnet-callan

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_68_213/referees-report-by-harold-munro-fox-on-a-paper-the-effects-of-cold-and-colchicine-on-mitosis-in-the-newt-by-horace-newton-barber-and-harold-garnet-callan" title="Referee's report by Harold Munro Fox, on a paper 'The effects of cold and colchicine on mitosis in the newt' by Horace Newton Barber and Harold Garnet Callan" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection