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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The figures are treated with 'greater elaboration than such rough statistics deserve', but admits to not being a statistician, and the author is clearly 'a man of great ability'. The plates are too large for binding, but could be folded. Recommends the paper be reviewed for use of English.

Subject: Physiology, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/148
Earliest possible date
03 October 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Second referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'An estimate of the degrees of legitimate natality as derived from a table of natality compiled by the author from his observations made at Budapest' by Joseph Kórösi, 03 October 1894, RR/12/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_148/second-referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-an-estimate-of-the-degrees-of-legitimate-natality-as-derived-from-a-table-of-natality-compiled-by-the-author-from-his-observations-made-at-budapest-by-joseph-kórösi, accessed on 16 June 2025

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