Referees' reports: volume 36, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/36
Date: 1927

Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1927.
Notable referees and authors include Owen Willans Richardson, Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland and Charles Maurice Yonge.
When report is on a standardised form (D), the questions are:
1. Whether or not the paper should be read before the Society
2. Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society
3. Whether, in the former case, it should be published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' or 'Proceedings'
4. Whether it should be published in full or only in part or whether any material modifications are necessary
5. Which illustrations, if any, accompanying the paper should be reproduced
General remarks
- Reference number
- RR/36
- Earliest possible date
- 1927
- Physical description
- Loose paper
- Page extent
- One box comprising 100 reports
- Format
- Typescript
Manuscript
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Referees' reports: volume 36, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1927, RR/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_36/referees-reports-volume-36-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 09 February 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 100 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The vibrations of an infinite system of vortex rings' by H Levy and A G Forsdyke
June 1927 Creator: Horace Lamb Reference number: RR/36/1 -
Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'The vibrations of an infinite system of vortex rings' by H Levy and A G Forsdyke
March 1927 Creator: Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Reference number: RR/36/2 -
Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'An experimental study of the motion of a viscous liquid contained between two coaxial cylinders' by J W Lewis
October 1927 Creator: Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Reference number: RR/36/3 -
Referee's report by Cecil Clifford Dobell, on a paper 'The golgi apparatus in the cells of tissue cultures' by Reginald James Ludford
11 March 1927 Creator: Cecil Clifford Dobell Reference number: RR/36/4
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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: 1832-1954
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.View collection