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Has decided to leave the paper with the Royal Society, and 'take my chances on its being accepted'. If not accepted, will employ someone to copy the text, and himself copy the tables.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1883]

Reference number
RR/8/330
Earliest possible date
13 September 1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Second letter from J S Lombard, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Experimental researches on the propagation of heat by conduction in bone, brain-tissue, and skin' by J S Lombard, 13 September 1881, RR/8/330, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_330/second-letter-from-j-s-lombard-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-experimental-researches-on-the-propagation-of-heat-by-conduction-in-bone-brain-tissue-and-skin-by-j-s-lombard, accessed on 16 January 2026

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