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Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'Concerning emotive phenomena. —Part II. Periodic variations of conductance of the palm of the human hand' by Augustus Desiré Waller

Reference number: RR/25/55

Date: June 1918

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Considers the conclusions not to be warranted by the experimental results. Provides criticism of the conclusions.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1919]

Endorsed on verso as received 13 June 1918.

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RR/25/55
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June 1918
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4 pages
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William Maddock Bayliss, Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'Concerning emotive phenomena. —Part II. Periodic variations of conductance of the palm of the human hand' by Augustus Desiré Waller, June 1918, RR/25/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_55/referees-report-by-william-maddock-bayliss-on-a-paper-concerning-emotive-phenomena-part-ii-periodic-variations-of-conductance-of-the-palm-of-the-human-hand-by-augustus-desiré-waller, accessed on 16 September 2024

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