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Referee's report by John Venn, on an unnamed paper by A L Haddon

Reference number: RR/12/323

Date: 11 March 1895

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. 'Perhaps I am prejudicial against him by the style of his letters to [Francis Galton], which are cantankerous, &, - considering whom he is addressing, - impertinent; but I really do not see that anything can be made of the [manuscript] without its being entirely & carefully re-written'. The author does not give any results of his experiments, and appears unfamiliar with physcho-physical laws. The author does not fully explain the new 'compulsory laws' which he has 'discovered'. 'Please don't divulge my name, or he will leave worrying Galton & fly at me'. Suggests leaving the diagrams at Burlington House or returning them to Herbert Rix.

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RR/12/323
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11 March 1895
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Venn

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John Venn, Referee's report by John Venn, on an unnamed paper by A L Haddon, 11 March 1895, RR/12/323, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_323/referees-report-by-john-venn-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-a-l-haddon, accessed on 18 April 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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