Referees' reports: volume 3, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication

Reference number: RR/3

Date: 1855-1858

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Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review between 1855 and 1858.

Notable referees and authors include Charles Robert Darwin, Arthur Cayley, Richard Owen and William Whewall.

Reference number: RR/3
Earliest possible date: 1855-1858
Physical description: Leather bound volume, gilded title on spine
Page extent: 295 reports
Format: Manuscript

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Referees' reports: volume 3, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1855-1858, RR/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3/referees-reports-volume-3-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 13 September 2024

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This volume contains 294 manuscripts:

Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by George Biddell Airy
29 October 1855 Creator: Humphrey Lloyd Reference number: RR/3/1
Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by George Biddell Airy
16 July 1855 Creator: Humphrey Lloyd Reference number: RR/3/2
Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general Table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by George Biddell Airy
1855 Creator: George Peacock Reference number: RR/3/3
Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'Account of pendulum experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery, for the purpose of determining the mean density of the earth' by George Biddell Airy
18 February 1856 Creator: James Challis Reference number: RR/3/4

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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1831- Reference number: RR

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Referee Reports

Date: 1832-1949

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.

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