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Referee's report by Herbert Mayo, on a paper 'Memoir on the metamorphoses in the macroura, or long-tailed crustacea, exemplified in the prawn (Palaemon serratus)' by John V Thomson

Reference number: RR/1/243

Date: 04 March 1836

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Referee feels he cannot provide an informed opinion on the paper, so instead encloses Richard Owen's referee's report.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1830].

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RR/1/243
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04 March 1836
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Herbert Mayo

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Herbert Mayo, Referee's report by Herbert Mayo, on a paper 'Memoir on the metamorphoses in the macroura, or long-tailed crustacea, exemplified in the prawn (Palaemon serratus)' by John V Thomson, 04 March 1836, RR/1/243, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_243/referees-report-by-herbert-mayo-on-a-paper-memoir-on-the-metamorphoses-in-the-macroura-or-long-tailed-crustacea-exemplified-in-the-prawn-palaemon-serratus-by-john-v-thomson, accessed on 14 May 2025

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  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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