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Reference numberNLB/57/164
Alternative reference numberNLB/57p90
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor VH [Vernon Herbert] Blackman, FRS, Chairman of the Botany Committee
Date31 July 1919
DescriptionAdvises that the first referee, Professor HH [Henry Horatio] Dixon, [FRS], has given a favourable report for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society,' for the paper 'The microscopial features of mechanical strains in timber and the bearing of these on the structure of the cell-walls of plants,' by W Robinson. The paper will be around 40 pages in the 'Transactions.' Requests the Chairman of the Botany Committee, Professor VH [Vernon Herbert] Blackman, FRS, nominate a second referee.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1758Dixon; Henry Horatio (1869 - 1953)1869 - 1953
NA6611Blackman; Vernon Herbert (1872 - 1967); cytologist and plant physiologist1872 - 1967
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