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Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'A new method for the quantitative estimation of micro-organisms present the atmosphere' by Percy Faraday Frankland

Reference number: RR/10/32

Date: 23 January 1887

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The paper is closely related to previous papers by the same author.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887]

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RR/10/32
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23 January 1887
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William James Russell

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William James Russell, Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'A new method for the quantitative estimation of micro-organisms present the atmosphere' by Percy Faraday Frankland, 23 January 1887, RR/10/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_32/referees-report-by-william-james-russell-on-a-paper-a-new-method-for-the-quantitative-estimation-of-micro-organisms-present-the-atmosphere-by-percy-faraday-frankland, accessed on 24 June 2025

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