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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon Sanderson, on a paper 'Further experiments on the more important physiological changes induced in the human economy by change of climate' by Alexander Rattray

Reference number: RR/7/203

Date: 28 May 1872

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Referee is finding it difficult to come to a decision about whether the paper should be published in Philosophical Transactions or not. Offers modifications and sends paper back to author.

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1872].

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RR/7/203
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28 May 1872
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Letter on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon Sanderson, on a paper 'Further experiments on the more important physiological changes induced in the human economy by change of climate' by Alexander Rattray, 28 May 1872, RR/7/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_203/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-further-experiments-on-the-more-important-physiological-changes-induced-in-the-human-economy-by-change-of-climate-by-alexander-rattray, accessed on 12 November 2025

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