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Referee's report by David Keilin, on a paper 'On iron flagellates' by E G Pringsheim

Reference number: RR/69/254

Date: 31 January 1946

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Sectional committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a valuable contribution to the subject. The title could be modified.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1946].

Date received not given.

Letter states that the paper reached him in a completely torn envelope, which wasn't strong enough for some of the illustrations. He checked them and they seem to be in order. Has replaced the envelope with a 'properly wrapped parcel'.

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RR/69/254
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31 January 1946
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Typescript
Manuscript

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David Keilin

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David Keilin, Referee's report by David Keilin, on a paper 'On iron flagellates' by E G Pringsheim, 31 January 1946, RR/69/254, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_254/referees-report-by-david-keilin-on-a-paper-on-iron-flagellates-by-e-g-pringsheim, accessed on 06 December 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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