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Referee's report by James Paget, on a paper 'Enquiries into the quality of air repsired each quarter of an hour of the day and night and under the influence of various kinds of exercise, food and medicine and temperature' by Edward Smith

Reference number: RR/3/249

Date: 05 June 1857

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Recommended for publication in 'some form and to some extent'. Should be shortened as it is 'longer than its value justifies'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Not published].

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RR/3/249
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05 June 1857
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Paget

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James Paget, Referee's report by James Paget, on a paper 'Enquiries into the quality of air repsired each quarter of an hour of the day and night and under the influence of various kinds of exercise, food and medicine and temperature' by Edward Smith, 05 June 1857, RR/3/249, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_249/referees-report-by-james-paget-on-a-paper-enquiries-into-the-quality-of-air-repsired-each-quarter-of-an-hour-of-the-day-and-night-and-under-the-influence-of-various-kinds-of-exercise-food-and-medicine-and-temperature-by-edward-smith, accessed on 15 April 2026

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