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Referee's report by William Henry Lang, on a paper 'A revision of Williamsoniella' by Thomas Maxwell Harris

Reference number: RR/68/480

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The work is clear and well presented. Has no special knowledge of the fossils which 'would warrant any more special comments'.

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 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

No received date.

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RR/68/480
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1944
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Standardised form (type E)
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1 page
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Manuscript

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William Henry Lang, Referee's report by William Henry Lang, on a paper 'A revision of Williamsoniella' by Thomas Maxwell Harris, 1944, RR/68/480, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_480/referees-report-by-william-henry-lang-on-a-paper-a-revision-of-williamsoniella-by-thomas-maxwell-harris, accessed on 13 October 2024

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