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Referee's report by Keith Lucas, on a paper 'Man's mechanical efficiency in work performance and the cost of the movements involved (treated separately)' by John Smyth Macdonald

Reference number: RR/21/111

Date: June 1914

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Has not attempted to work out the formulae.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1917]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 June 1914.

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RR/21/111
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June 1914
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Keith Lucas, Referee's report by Keith Lucas, on a paper 'Man's mechanical efficiency in work performance and the cost of the movements involved (treated separately)' by John Smyth Macdonald, June 1914, RR/21/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_111/referees-report-by-keith-lucas-on-a-paper-mans-mechanical-efficiency-in-work-performance-and-the-cost-of-the-movements-involved-treated-separately-by-john-smyth-macdonald, accessed on 19 January 2025

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