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Referee has not had adequate time to study the paper in-depth, asks for 'a little longer' to complete his definitive report.

Subject: Zoology/Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].

Reference number
RR/1/204
Earliest possible date
25 June 1846
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Leith Roupell

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George Leith Roupell, Referee's report by George Leith Roupell, on a paper 'Experiments relative to animal temperature, showing that there must be some source of animal heat besides the combustion of the carbon and the hydrogen contained in the food of animals' by Robert Rigg, 25 June 1846, RR/1/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_204/referees-report-by-george-leith-roupell-on-a-paper-experiments-relative-to-animal-temperature-showing-that-there-must-be-some-source-of-animal-heat-besides-the-combustion-of-the-carbon-and-the-hydrogen-contained-in-the-food-of-animals-by-robert-rigg, accessed on 20 September 2024

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