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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Studies on some new micro-organisms obtained from air' by Percy Faraday Frankland

Reference number: RR/10/36

Date: 05 March 1887

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper does not contain much of novelty, although the observations should be permanently recorded. Would rather not report on the paper.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887]

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RR/10/36
Earliest possible date
05 March 1887
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Ray Lankester

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Studies on some new micro-organisms obtained from air' by Percy Faraday Frankland, 05 March 1887, RR/10/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_36/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-studies-on-some-new-micro-organisms-obtained-from-air-by-percy-faraday-frankland, accessed on 18 March 2025

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