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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper contains a description of the development, obviating the referee's earlier comment as regards the title. Considers the paper separate from the others recently submitted by the same author. Suggests the paper be rearranged into a more logical order.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/148
Earliest possible date
09 July 1888
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'The electric organ of the skate.—The electric organ of Raia radiata' by James Cossar Ewart, 09 July 1888, RR/10/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_148/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-the-electric-organ-of-the-skatethe-electric-organ-of-raia-radiata-by-james-cossar-ewart, accessed on 15 October 2024

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