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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Hardy [?], to which no reference is made in the paper, and Miss Alcock. Suggests omitting the photographs, which are already well expressed as drawings.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]

Reference number
RR/12/26
Earliest possible date
1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Walter Holbrook Gaskell

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Walter Holbrook Gaskell, Referee's report by Walter Holbrook Gaskell, on a paper 'The process of secretion in the skin of the common eel' by Edward Waymouth Reid, 1893, RR/12/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_26/referees-report-by-walter-holbrook-gaskell-on-a-paper-the-process-of-secretion-in-the-skin-of-the-common-eel-by-edward-waymouth-reid, accessed on 15 March 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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