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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On some histological features and physiological properties of the post-œsophageal nerve cord of the crustacea' by William Bate Hardy

Reference number: RR/11/48

Date: 14 June 1891

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The work 'constitutes a real contribution to an interesting and important subject'. Despite this, it is not of any 'special excellence or novelty', but there is no standard supplied for the admission of papers to the Philosophical Transactions so he cannot offer a more definite opinion.

Subject: Biology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1894].

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RR/11/48
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14 June 1891
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Letter on paper
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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 'On some histological features and physiological properties of the post-œsophageal nerve cord of the crustacea' by William Bate Hardy, 14 June 1891, RR/11/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_48/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-on-some-histological-features-and-physiological-properties-of-the-post-œsophageal-nerve-cord-of-the-crustacea-by-william-bate-hardy, accessed on 11 June 2026

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