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Abstains from making a recommendation regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Mendeleieff [Dmitri Mendeleev]. The experiments deserve to be published, but no definite conclusions are drawn. Suggests some modifications and omissions.

Subject: Physiology, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1890]

Reference number
RR/10/279
Earliest possible date
09 November 1889
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'The relation of physiological action to atomic weight' by Miss H J Johnstone and Thomas Carnelley, 09 November 1889, RR/10/279, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_279/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-the-relation-of-physiological-action-to-atomic-weight-by-miss-h-j-johnstone-and-thomas-carnelley, accessed on 12 November 2024

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