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Referee's report by Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, on two papers 'On the evolution of the vertebral column of fishes' by Hans Friedrich Gadow and E C Abbott, and 'On the structure and affinities of Heliopora coerulea, Pallas. With some observations on the structure of Xenia and Heteroxenia' by Gilbert Charles Bourne

Reference number: RR/12/110

Date: 08 August 1894

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First paper - Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The English requires careful editing.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

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

Second paper - Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The first part should be published, but does not feel confident enough to give an opinion on the second part.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

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

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RR/12/110
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08 August 1894
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4 pages
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Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Referee's report by Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, on two papers 'On the evolution of the vertebral column of fishes' by Hans Friedrich Gadow and E C Abbott, and 'On the structure and affinities of Heliopora coerulea, Pallas. With some observations on the structure of Xenia and Heteroxenia' by Gilbert Charles Bourne, 08 August 1894, RR/12/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_110/referees-report-by-walter-frank-raphael-weldon-on-two-papers-on-the-evolution-of-the-vertebral-column-of-fishes-by-hans-friedrich-gadow-and-e-c-abbott-and-on-the-structure-and-affinities-of-heliopora-coerulea-pallas-with-some-observations-on-the-structure-of-xenia-and-heteroxenia-by-gilbert-charles-bourne, accessed on 13 October 2024

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