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Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'On the development of the electric organ of Raia batis' by James Cossar Ewart

Reference number: RR/10/144

Date: 24 April 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Draws the author's attention to the details of the muscle fibre.

[Report is incomplete]

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/144
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24 April 1888
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'On the development of the electric organ of Raia batis' by James Cossar Ewart, 24 April 1888, RR/10/144, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_144/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-on-the-development-of-the-electric-organ-of-raia-batis-by-james-cossar-ewart, accessed on 21 January 2025

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