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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as the experiment has produced a 'remarkable result'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1849].

Reference number
RR/1/250
Earliest possible date
18 July 1849
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On the structure of the dental tissues of marsupial animals, and more especially of the enamel' by John Tomes, 18 July 1849, RR/1/250, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_250/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-a-paper-on-the-structure-of-the-dental-tissues-of-marsupial-animals-and-more-especially-of-the-enamel-by-john-tomes, accessed on 09 May 2026

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