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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on two papers 'A new method for the quantitative estimation of micro-organisms present the atmosphere' by Percy Faraday Frankland, and 'Further experiments on the distribution of micro-organisms in air (by Hesse's method)' by Percy Faraday Frankland and T G Hart

Reference number: RR/10/34

Date: 1887

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First paper - Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Hesse [Germain Henri Hess?]. Suggests adding the results in tabular form.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Zoology

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

Second paper - Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The paper is an important sequel to an earlier one in the Proceedings. Suggests adding the results in tabular form.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Zoology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]

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RR/10/34
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1887
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4 pages
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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on two papers 'A new method for the quantitative estimation of micro-organisms present the atmosphere' by Percy Faraday Frankland, and 'Further experiments on the distribution of micro-organisms in air (by Hesse's method)' by Percy Faraday Frankland and T G Hart, 1887, RR/10/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_34/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-two-papers-a-new-method-for-the-quantitative-estimation-of-micro-organisms-present-the-atmosphere-by-percy-faraday-frankland-and-further-experiments-on-the-distribution-of-micro-organisms-in-air-by-hesses-method-by-percy-faraday-frankland-and-t-g-hart, accessed on 11 July 2025

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