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Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On the penetration of spermatozoa into the interior of the ovum; a note showing this to have been recorded as an established fact in the Philosophical Transactions for 1843' by Martin Barry

Reference number: RR/2/19

Date: 10 May 1853

Description

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', suggests an abstract in the Proceedings would be sufficient. Describes disagreements between Martin Barry and Henry Nelson.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London]

Reference number
RR/2/19
Earliest possible date
10 May 1853
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Sharpey

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William Sharpey, Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On the penetration of spermatozoa into the interior of the ovum; a note showing this to have been recorded as an established fact in the Philosophical Transactions for 1843' by Martin Barry, 10 May 1853, RR/2/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_19/referees-report-by-william-sharpey-on-a-paper-on-the-penetration-of-spermatozoa-into-the-interior-of-the-ovum-a-note-showing-this-to-have-been-recorded-as-an-established-fact-in-the-philosophical-transactions-for-1843-by-martin-barry, accessed on 18 July 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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