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Second referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott

Reference number: RR/8/254

Date: 23 July 1880

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author refer to the work of William Henry Dallinger, Drysdale [?] and Woodward [Joseph Janvier Woodward?]. The paper will require editing and revisions in proof.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

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RR/8/254
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23 July 1880
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Second referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott, 23 July 1880, RR/8/254, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_254/second-referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-a-paper-microscopical-researches-in-high-power-definition-by-george-west-royston-pigott, accessed on 24 June 2025

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