Referees' reports: volume 4, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/4
Date: 1859-1862
Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review between 1859 and 1862.
Notable referees and authors include William Spottiswoode, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Owen, Joseph Dalton Hooker, James Clerk Maxwell, William Allen Miller and Edward Sabine.
- Reference number
- RR/4
- Earliest possible date
- 1859-1862
- Physical description
- Leather bound volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- 278 reports
- Format
- Manuscript
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Referees' reports: volume 4, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1859-1862, RR/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4/referees-reports-volume-4-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 22 April 2025
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This volume contains 278 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the difference in the magnetic properties of hot-rolled and cold-rolled malleable iron, as regards the power of receiving and retaining induced magnetism of subpermanent character' by George Biddell Airy
27 June 1862 Creator: Charles Wheatstone Reference number: RR/4/1 -
Referee's report by Archibald Smith, on a paper 'On the difference in the magnetic properties of hot-rolled and cold-rolled malleable iron, as regards the power of receiving and retaining induced magnetism of subpermanent character' by George Biddell Airy
16 July 1862 Creator: Archibald Smith Reference number: RR/4/2 -
Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'On the volumetric relations of ozone, and the action of the electrical discharge on oxygen and other gases' by Thomas Andrews and Peter G Tait
12 May 1860 Creator: William Allen Miller Reference number: RR/4/3 -
Referee's report by Edward Frankland on a paper 'On the volumetric relations of ozone, and the action of the electrical discharge on oxygen and other gases' by Thomas Andrews and Peter G Tait
30 April 1860 Creator: Edward Frankland Reference number: RR/4/4
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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
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.
Dates: 1832 - 1954
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