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Referee's report by Charles Edward Spearman, on a paper 'On trying-to-think imagery and conductance' by Lewis Fry Richardson

Reference number: RR/36/51

Date: October 1927

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Sectional Committee: Not stated [Physiology]

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The author combines physics with psychology. Suggests a minor change to improve clarity.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 June 1927.

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RR/36/51
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October 1927
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2 pages
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Charles Edward Spearman, Referee's report by Charles Edward Spearman, on a paper 'On trying-to-think imagery and conductance' by Lewis Fry Richardson, October 1927, RR/36/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_36_51/referees-report-by-charles-edward-spearman-on-a-paper-on-trying-to-think-imagery-and-conductance-by-lewis-fry-richardson, accessed on 13 June 2025

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