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Referee's report by Sidney Frederic Harmer, on a paper 'Observations on the skull in foetal specimens of whales of the genera Megaptera and Balaenoptera' by the late R G Ridewood

Reference number: RR/26/124

Date: 09 August 1921

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Fernando Lahille, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Boenninghaus, Kuckenthal [?], Max Wilhelm Carl Weber, Cionville [?] and Abel [?]. Suggests some minor changes to shorten the paper.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1923]

Endorsed on verso as received 10 August 1921.

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RR/26/124
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09 August 1921
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4 pages
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Sidney Frederic Harmer

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Sidney Frederic Harmer, Referee's report by Sidney Frederic Harmer, on a paper 'Observations on the skull in foetal specimens of whales of the genera Megaptera and Balaenoptera' by the late R G Ridewood, 09 August 1921, RR/26/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_124/referees-report-by-sidney-frederic-harmer-on-a-paper-observations-on-the-skull-in-foetal-specimens-of-whales-of-the-genera-megaptera-and-balaenoptera-by-the-late-r-g-ridewood, accessed on 16 January 2025

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