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Referee's report by Edward Forbes, on a paper 'On the morphology of the cephalous mollusca, as illustrated by the anatomy of certain heteropoda and pteropoda collected during the voyage of H. M. S. "Rattlesnake" in 1846-50' by Thomas Henry Huxley

Reference number: RR/2/113

Date: 27 July 1852

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/2/113
Earliest possible date
27 July 1852
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Forbes

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Edward Forbes, Referee's report by Edward Forbes, on a paper 'On the morphology of the cephalous mollusca, as illustrated by the anatomy of certain heteropoda and pteropoda collected during the voyage of H. M. S. "Rattlesnake" in 1846-50' by Thomas Henry Huxley, 27 July 1852, RR/2/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_113/referees-report-by-edward-forbes-on-a-paper-on-the-morphology-of-the-cephalous-mollusca-as-illustrated-by-the-anatomy-of-certain-heteropoda-and-pteropoda-collected-during-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-rattlesnake-in-1846-50-by-thomas-henry-huxley, accessed on 15 March 2026

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