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Referee's report by Walter Holbrook Gaskell, on a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of fishes. II. The air-bladder and Weberian ossicles in the siluroid fishes' by Thomas William Bridge and Alfred Cort Haddon

Reference number: RR/11/122

Date: 22 July 1892

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The referee cannot offer an opinion, as he does not know enough about the subject matter. Believes the paper has been sent to him by mistake, and should have been sent to Dr Gadow instead. Despite this, he considers it to be a 'well worked out and interesting paper'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1893].

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RR/11/122
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22 July 1892
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Walter Holbrook Gaskell

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Walter Holbrook Gaskell, Referee's report by Walter Holbrook Gaskell, on a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of fishes. II. The air-bladder and Weberian ossicles in the siluroid fishes' by Thomas William Bridge and Alfred Cort Haddon, 22 July 1892, RR/11/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_122/referees-report-by-walter-holbrook-gaskell-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-anatomy-of-fishes-ii-the-air-bladder-and-weberian-ossicles-in-the-siluroid-fishes-by-thomas-william-bridge-and-alfred-cort-haddon, accessed on 16 January 2025

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