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Letter from William Abbott Herdman, to Edwin Ray Lankester, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman

Reference number: RR/14/70

Date: 01 June 1898

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Encloses report [RR/14/69]. Is disappointed in some areas of the paper, but the new species figured make it worth publishing. 'I have a sore hand and can scarcely write'.

Subject: Botany, Zoology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/14/70
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01 June 1898
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Abbott Herdman

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William Abbott Herdman, Letter from William Abbott Herdman, to Edwin Ray Lankester, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman, 01 June 1898, RR/14/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_70/letter-from-william-abbott-herdman-to-edwin-ray-lankester-regarding-a-paper-a-study-of-the-phyto-plankton-of-the-atlantic-by-george-robert-milne-murray-and-vernon-herbert-blackman, accessed on 10 December 2024

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