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Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On certain sensory organs in insects, hitherto undescribed' by John Braxton Hicks

Reference number: RR/4/130

Date: 09 April 1859

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1859].

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RR/4/130
Earliest possible date
09 April 1859
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On certain sensory organs in insects, hitherto undescribed' by John Braxton Hicks, 09 April 1859, RR/4/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_130/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-a-paper-on-certain-sensory-organs-in-insects-hitherto-undescribed-by-john-braxton-hicks, accessed on 17 April 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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