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Referee's report by Henry Bence Jones, on a paper 'On the effect of temperature on the secretion of urea as observed on a voyage to China, and at Hong Kong' by Emil Becher

Reference number: RR/5/21

Date: 03 April 1863

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by John Forbes Watson. The last table is 'worthless' and should not be published. The first part of the paper is more accurate, but too limited in scope to be of value.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1863]

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RR/5/21
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03 April 1863
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Bence Jones

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Henry Bence Jones, Referee's report by Henry Bence Jones, on a paper 'On the effect of temperature on the secretion of urea as observed on a voyage to China, and at Hong Kong' by Emil Becher, 03 April 1863, RR/5/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_21/referees-report-by-henry-bence-jones-on-a-paper-on-the-effect-of-temperature-on-the-secretion-of-urea-as-observed-on-a-voyage-to-china-and-at-hong-kong-by-emil-becher, accessed on 05 December 2024

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