Letter from William Thompson, on an unnamed paper by Doctor Langham Thompson
Reference number: RR/1/240
Date: 02 September 1847

Description
William Thompson writes to the Royal Society, asking that Langham Thompson's paper should be read again. It had previously been submitted, but the Society felt they were not well-informed enough on the subject to publish it.
Subject: Zoology
- Reference number
- RR/1/240
- Earliest possible date
- 02 September 1847
- Physical description
- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter from William Thompson, on an unnamed paper by Doctor Langham Thompson, 02 September 1847, RR/1/240, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_240/letter-from-william-thompson-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-doctor-langham-thompson, accessed on 19 July 2025
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