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Letter from James Stuart Bowerbank, on his paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of the spongiadae' to William Benjamin Carpenter

Reference number: RR/3/24

Date: 06 January 1858

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Bowerbank responds negatively to various objections raised by a referee [W B Carpenter] to his paper.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857]

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RR/3/24
Earliest possible date
06 January 1858
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Letter on Paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Letter from James Stuart Bowerbank, on his paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of the spongiadae' to William Benjamin Carpenter, 06 January 1858, RR/3/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_24/letter-from-james-stuart-bowerbank-on-his-paper-on-the-anatomy-and-physiology-of-the-spongiadae-to-william-benjamin-carpenter, accessed on 13 October 2024

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