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Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to [Edward Neville da Costa] Andrade, regarding a paper 'The nature of fatigue in the auditory system' by [Raymond] C Parker

Reference number: RR/W/5/76

Date: 31 March 1937

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Paper reference code: B.122

Reports that the paper has received unfavourable reports from a physiologist [Hamilton Hartridge, see RR/W/5/75] and a psychologist [Frederic Charles Bartlett]. Asks whether the paper should be withdrawn.

[Not published in Royal Society journals but published in the Proceedings of the Physical Society, vol. 50, number 1, 1938].

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RR/W/5/76
Earliest possible date
31 March 1937
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to [Edward Neville da Costa] Andrade, regarding a paper 'The nature of fatigue in the auditory system' by [Raymond] C Parker, 31 March 1937, RR/W/5/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_76/copy-letter-from-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-to-edward-neville-da-costa-andrade-regarding-a-paper-the-nature-of-fatigue-in-the-auditory-system-by-raymond-c-parker, accessed on 09 December 2025

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