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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe' by William Kitchen Parker

Reference number: RR/5/173

Date: 06 December 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has previously become familiar with the paper and presented on it and the subject to the Royal Society. All the illustrations should be published. Suggests the appendices should be omitted.

Subject: Zoology and Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1866]

Reference number
RR/5/173
Earliest possible date
06 December 1865
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 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 'On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe' by William Kitchen Parker, 06 December 1865, RR/5/173, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_173/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-on-the-structure-and-development-of-the-skull-in-the-ostrich-tribe-by-william-kitchen-parker, accessed on 19 January 2025

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