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Paper, 'On the microscopic structure of the scales and dermal teeth of some ganoid and placoid fish' by W C [William Crawford] Williamson

Reference number: PT/36/7

Date: 24 March 1849

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Subject: Zoology / Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the microscopic structure of the scales and dermal teeth of some ganoid and placoid fish'.

Written by Williamson in Manchester. Communicated by Dr [Edwin] Lankester. Received by the Royal Society on 1 June 1849. Read 21 June 1849.

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PT/36/7
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24 March 1849
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Ink on paper
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66 pages
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Manuscript

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William Crawford Williamson

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William Crawford Williamson, Paper, 'On the microscopic structure of the scales and dermal teeth of some ganoid and placoid fish' by W C [William Crawford] Williamson, 24 March 1849, PT/36/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_36_7/paper-on-the-microscopic-structure-of-the-scales-and-dermal-teeth-of-some-ganoid-and-placoid-fish-by-w-c-william-crawford-williamson, accessed on 16 March 2025

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