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Letter from George Gabriel Stoke, to Dr Wagner, regarding an untraced paper by Dr Wagner

Reference number: RR/8/214

Date: 1879

Description

Extract from the letter, including an anonymised extract from George John Romane's referee's report [RR/8/213]. Requests the author to explicily state how far their incision went in the experiment. Suggests omitting the section dealing with the movement of medusae.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Publication status unknown - paper untraced]

Reference number
RR/8/214
Earliest possible date
1879
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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Letter from George Gabriel Stoke, to Dr Wagner, regarding an untraced paper by Dr Wagner, 1879, RR/8/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_214/letter-from-george-gabriel-stoke-to-dr-wagner-regarding-an-untraced-paper-by-dr-wagner, accessed on 06 October 2026

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    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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