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Referee's report by John Pond, on an unnamed paper by Joseph Jackson Lister

Reference number: RR/1/152

Date: 11 March 1830

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The referee thinks that the paper should be withdrawn and made shorter. However, he claims that he was 'no authority' and leaves it up to the Council to decide what should happen with the paper. States that despite this, he thinks Lister is a 'very excellent person'.

Subject: Unknown

[Not published in Philosophical Transactions].

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RR/1/152
Earliest possible date
11 March 1830
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Pond

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John Pond, Referee's report by John Pond, on an unnamed paper by Joseph Jackson Lister, 11 March 1830, RR/1/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_152/referees-report-by-john-pond-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-joseph-jackson-lister, accessed on 04 December 2024

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