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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Investigations into the structure and development of the scales and bones of fishes'.

Communicated by Edwin Lankester. Received and read by the Royal Society on 20 June 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/42/14
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1850
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Ink on paper
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83 pages
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Manuscript

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William Crawford Williamson

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William Crawford Williamson, Paper, 'Investigations into the structure and developement [sic] of the scales and bones of fishes' by W C [William Crawford] Williamson, 1850, PT/42/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_42_14/paper-investigations-into-the-structure-and-developement-sic-of-the-scales-and-bones-of-fishes-by-w-c-william-crawford-williamson, accessed on 12 December 2024

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