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Letter from Arthur Sheridan Lea, on a paper 'On the coloration of the skins of fishes, especially of pleuronectidae' by J T Cunningham and C A MacMunn to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/244

Date: 14 May 1893

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He has consulted with Professor Weldon and they have jointly concluded that a certain part of the paper should be omitted before publication.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1893].

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RR/11/244
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14 May 1893
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Sheridan Lea

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Arthur Sheridan Lea, Letter from Arthur Sheridan Lea, on a paper 'On the coloration of the skins of fishes, especially of pleuronectidae' by J T Cunningham and C A MacMunn to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 14 May 1893, RR/11/244, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_244/letter-from-arthur-sheridan-lea-on-a-paper-on-the-coloration-of-the-skins-of-fishes-especially-of-pleuronectidae-by-j-t-cunningham-and-c-a-macmunn-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 April 2026

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