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Referee's report by William Abbott Herdman, on a paper 'The breeding places of the eel' by Ernst Johannes Schmidt

Reference number: RR/26/132

Date: 28 July 1921

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has made a note on the manuscript to which the author's attention should be drawn.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 29 July 1921.

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RR/26/132
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28 July 1921
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2 pages
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William Abbott Herdman, Referee's report by William Abbott Herdman, on a paper 'The breeding places of the eel' by Ernst Johannes Schmidt, 28 July 1921, RR/26/132, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_132/referees-report-by-william-abbott-herdman-on-a-paper-the-breeding-places-of-the-eel-by-ernst-johannes-schmidt, accessed on 16 January 2025

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