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The Secretary of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow wishes us to state that the report of the proceedings of that Society in our Number of the 3rd inst. was not an official one. In acceding to this request we would point out the desirableness of the Secretaries of all Societies sending us official reports, since it is only by that means that accuracy can be insured. When this clear duty of an official is performed by an ordinary member, who, without having access to documents and notes, is yet anxious that the work of his Society should be represented, and sends a report faute de mieux, it is impossible always to guard against error. All reports forwarded to us should be as short as possible, distinctly written, and deal only with advances on our previous knowledge.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 1, 413–418 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001413b0
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