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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physiology; marine biology

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

Reference number
RR/2/23
Earliest possible date
04 June 1855
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Bence Jones

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Henry Bence Jones, Referee's report by Henry Bence Jones, on a paper 'An experimental Inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any force is evolved during muscular contraction analogous to the force evolved in the fish, gymnotus, and torpedo' by Henry Foster Baxter, 04 June 1855, RR/2/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_23/referees-report-by-henry-bence-jones-on-a-paper-an-experimental-inquiry-undertaken-with-the-view-of-ascertaining-whether-any-force-is-evolved-during-muscular-contraction-analogous-to-the-force-evolved-in-the-fish-gymnotus-and-torpedo-by-henry-foster-baxter, accessed on 30 April 2025

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