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Letter from George Busk, on a paper 'Researches on the structure and homology of the reproductive organs of the annelids' by Thomas Williams

Reference number: RR/3/282

Date: 22 October 1857

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Has received the author's modified paper back, notices it has been 'almost entirely re-written' and now recommends it for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/282
Earliest possible date
22 October 1857
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Busk

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George Busk, Letter from George Busk, on a paper 'Researches on the structure and homology of the reproductive organs of the annelids' by Thomas Williams, 22 October 1857, RR/3/282, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_282/letter-from-george-busk-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-structure-and-homology-of-the-reproductive-organs-of-the-annelids-by-thomas-williams, accessed on 13 January 2025

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