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Reference numberNLB/54/528
Alternative reference numberNLB/54 p300
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Bretland] Farmer, Chairman of the Botany Committee and FRS
Date11 June 1917
DescriptionRefers to a paper by James Small, 'Geotropism in the Weber-Fechner Law'. Explains that the paper has been to two referees: Professor V. [Vernon] H. [Herbert] Blackman who thinks it shoud be published and Professor [Frederick William] Keeble who thinks it should not. Notes that Mr. [William Bate] Hardy recommends a meeting of the Botany Committee, and asks Professor [John Bretland] Farmer if he could provide a suitable date for such a meeting.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1831Farmer; Sir; John Bretland (1865 - 1944); botanist1865 - 1944
NA6611Blackman; Vernon Herbert (1872 - 1967); cytologist and plant physiologist1872 - 1967
NA1193Keeble; Sir; Frederick William (1870 - 1952)1870 - 1952
NA8234Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist1864 - 1934
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