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Letter from William Henry Flower, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Description of a newly-excluded young of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/10/65

Date: 17 November 1887

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Has spoken to Edwin Ray Lankester [RR/10/64], who is willing to agree to recommend the paper for publication in the Philosophical Transactions, to which the Committee see no objection.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]

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RR/10/65
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17 November 1887
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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William Henry Flower

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William Henry Flower, Letter from William Henry Flower, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Description of a newly-excluded young of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Richard Owen, 17 November 1887, RR/10/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_65/letter-from-william-henry-flower-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-description-of-a-newly-excluded-young-of-the-ornithorhynchus-paradoxus-by-richard-owen, accessed on 02 December 2024

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