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Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'Contribution to the study of the vertebrate liver' by Sheridan Delépine

Reference number: RR/11/41

Date: 20 January 1891

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Many facts are described throughout the paper but it is difficult to distinguish between what has actually been observed and what he believes to be true.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1890].

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RR/11/41
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20 January 1891
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'Contribution to the study of the vertebrate liver' by Sheridan Delépine, 20 January 1891, RR/11/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_41/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-contribution-to-the-study-of-the-vertebrate-liver-by-sheridan-delépine, accessed on 17 May 2025

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