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Second referee's report by William Dobinson Halliburton, on a paper 'The fermentation of urea; a contribution to the study of the chemistry of the metabolism in bacteria' by Walter Ernest Adeney

Reference number: RR/15/143

Date: 25 June 1901

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Sectional committee: [Physiology]

He reiterates that he recommended the paper for publication in the Proceedings, providing Dr [John Scott] Haldane's referee report was favourable. As Haldane's report was unfavourable, he withdraws his recommendation, and concurs with Haldane that it should not be published.

[Not published].

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RR/15/143
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25 June 1901
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William Dobinson Halliburton, Second referee's report by William Dobinson Halliburton, on a paper 'The fermentation of urea; a contribution to the study of the chemistry of the metabolism in bacteria' by Walter Ernest Adeney, 25 June 1901, RR/15/143, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_143/second-referees-report-by-william-dobinson-halliburton-on-a-paper-the-fermentation-of-urea-a-contribution-to-the-study-of-the-chemistry-of-the-metabolism-in-bacteria-by-walter-ernest-adeney, accessed on 14 September 2024

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