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Paper reference code: B.64

Has sent the paper to a second referee [Charles Scott Sherrington - see RR/47/33], 'who reports entirely unfavourably to its acceptance'. Suggests withdrawing the paper for publication elsewhere.

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/W/1/32
Earliest possible date
30 September 1932
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Carbon

Creator name

Charles Scott Sherrington

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Charles Scott Sherrington, Copy letter from Secretary of the Royal Society [Henry Dale] to F W [Frederick William] Edridge-Green, regarding a paper 'The theory of vision' by Edridge-Green, 30 September 1932, RR/W/1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_32/copy-letter-from-secretary-of-the-royal-society-henry-dale-to-f-w-frederick-william-edridge-green-regarding-a-paper-the-theory-of-vision-by-edridge-green, accessed on 05 December 2025

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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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