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Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on an unnamed paper by F W Edridge-Green

Reference number: RR/12/314

Date: 19 February 1894

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Not recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The paper contains nothing new, and the measurements are misleading. The paper has the feeling of a letter to Nature, rather than a paper for the Royal Society journals.

Subject: Physiology

[Not published]

Reference number
RR/12/314
Earliest possible date
19 February 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William de Wiveleslie Abney

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William de Wiveleslie Abney, Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on an unnamed paper by F W Edridge-Green, 19 February 1894, RR/12/314, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_314/referees-report-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-f-w-edridge-green, accessed on 18 January 2025

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