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Paper, 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes

Reference number: PT/38/14

Date: 1850

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Explanation of figures for this paper continues at PT/39/1. Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/75/4/3-25.

Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia'.

Communicated by William Bowman. Received by the Royal Society on 19 February 1850. Read 30 May 1850.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/38/14
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1850
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88 pages
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John Tomes

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John Tomes, Paper, 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes, 1850, PT/38/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_38_14/paper-on-the-structure-of-the-dental-tissues-of-the-order-rodentia-by-john-tomes, accessed on 14 March 2026

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