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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of Protopterus annectens' by W N Parker

Reference number: RR/11/75

Date: 03 June 1891

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains very little that is new and the whole paper is 'on a wrong plan'.

Subject: Zoology

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

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RR/11/75
Earliest possible date
03 June 1891
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 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 the anatomy and physiology of Protopterus annectens' by W N Parker, 03 June 1891, RR/11/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_75/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-on-the-anatomy-and-physiology-of-protopterus-annectens-by-w-n-parker, accessed on 21 June 2025

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