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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the openings in the wall of the body-cavity of vertebrates' by Edward J Bles

Reference number: RR/13/167

Date: 05 July 1897

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He will not give his sanction for the paper to be published in Proceedings, as it exceeds the twelve page limit. The paper should be returned to the author and shortened or instead referred to Philosophical Transactions. He doesn't believe the paper is suitable for Philosophical Transactions, although the data could be deposited in the archive, with only the results published.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].

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RR/13/167
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05 July 1897
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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 the openings in the wall of the body-cavity of vertebrates' by Edward J Bles, 05 July 1897, RR/13/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_167/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-on-the-openings-in-the-wall-of-the-body-cavity-of-vertebrates-by-edward-j-bles, accessed on 09 September 2024

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