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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the anatomy of Doris' by Albany Hancock and Dennis Embleton

Reference number: RR/2/85

Date: 07 April 1854

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper 'draw[s] attention to a very important though much neglected subject'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/2/85
Earliest possible date
07 April 1854
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the anatomy of Doris' by Albany Hancock and Dennis Embleton, 07 April 1854, RR/2/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_85/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-on-the-anatomy-of-doris-by-albany-hancock-and-dennis-embleton, accessed on 05 December 2023

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