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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the evolution of the vertebral column of fishes' by Hans Friedrich Gadow and E C Abbott

Reference number: RR/12/109

Date: 18 July 1894

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Robert Remak. The English requires careful editing.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

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RR/12/109
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18 July 1894
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the evolution of the vertebral column of fishes' by Hans Friedrich Gadow and E C Abbott, 18 July 1894, RR/12/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_109/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-on-the-evolution-of-the-vertebral-column-of-fishes-by-hans-friedrich-gadow-and-e-c-abbott, accessed on 09 October 2024

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