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Reference numberRR/67/271
LevelItem
TitleSecond referee's report by William Thomas Astbury, on a paper 'The fine structure of phloem fibres I. Untreated and swollen hemp' by B C Kundu and Reginald Dawson Preston
Date25 June 1940
DescriptionSectional committee: Botany

He discovered a discrepancy in the author's results and his own results. He has since discussed the matter with the author, who has found that he cannot rely on the measurements of his collaborator and wishes to withdraw the paper.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1940].

Date received not given.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type E)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspb.1940.0006
Related records in the catalogueRR/67/270
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6226Astbury; William Thomas (1898 - 1961)1898 - 1961
NA4674Preston; Reginald Dawson (1908 - 2000)1908 - 2000
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