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Explains that their paper is too complex and the results are premature, according to the referee report. Advises the author to have the paper deferred.

[Paper not published].

Reference number
RR/17/250
Earliest possible date
05 December 1908
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Contributions to the osmotic theory of solution' to Randal Thomas Mowbray Berkeley, 05 December 1908, RR/17/250, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_250/letter-from-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-osmotic-theory-of-solution-to-randal-thomas-mowbray-berkeley, accessed on 06 November 2024

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