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Referee's report by Francis Galton, on a paper 'Muscular movements in man, and their evolution in the infant: a study of movement in man, and its evolution, together with inferences as to the properties of nervecentres and their modes of action in expressing thought' by Francis Warner

Reference number: RR/10/233

Date: 28 June 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Some parts have already appeared in print elsewhere, and the new parts are of little importance. Suggests some parts be omitted and the rest edited.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/233
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28 June 1888
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Galton

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Francis Galton, Referee's report by Francis Galton, on a paper 'Muscular movements in man, and their evolution in the infant: a study of movement in man, and its evolution, together with inferences as to the properties of nervecentres and their modes of action in expressing thought' by Francis Warner, 28 June 1888, RR/10/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_233/referees-report-by-francis-galton-on-a-paper-muscular-movements-in-man-and-their-evolution-in-the-infant-a-study-of-movement-in-man-and-its-evolution-together-with-inferences-as-to-the-properties-of-nervecentres-and-their-modes-of-action-in-expressing-thought-by-francis-warner, accessed on 19 July 2026

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