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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'Researches on the foraminifera' by William Benjamin Carpenter

Reference number: RR/3/37

Date: 21 July 1855

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1856, 1859, 1860]

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RR/3/37
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21 July 1855
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'Researches on the foraminifera' by William Benjamin Carpenter, 21 July 1855, RR/3/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_37/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-foraminifera-by-william-benjamin-carpenter, accessed on 12 February 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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