| Reference number | RR/5/248 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Inquiries into the national dietary' by Edward Smith |
| Date | 28 November 1864 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The collected materials are not of a scientific value, but may be of economic value. '...the human body, being treated as a machine, the effect of varying supplies of food upon the quantity of work it is capable of performing without deterioration should be precisely ascertained'. As the research was funded by the Privy Council, the details in the paper would be more suited to any report put out by the Medical Officer of the Privy Council. Suggests the Council might suggest such a publication to the Government.
Subject: Physiology
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1864] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0065 Vol.13 1864 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/5/247 |
| AP/46/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2869 | Carpenter; William Benjamin (1813 - 1885); naturalist | 1813 - 1885 |
| NA3680 | Smith; Edward (c 1818 - 1874) | c 1818 - 1874 |