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Referee's report by William Benjamin Carter, on a paper 'On the embryogeny of Antedon rosaceus, Linck (Comatula rosacea of Lamarck)' by Charles Thomas Wyville Thomson

Reference number: RR/5/270

Date: 12 March 1863

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Johannes Peter Müller and George Busk. Referee has plans on writing his own paper on the Pentacrinoids. Has detected an error in the paper's anatomical description, which he has communicated to the author, who is willing to change the few affected lines.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

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RR/5/270
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12 March 1863
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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 Carter, on a paper 'On the embryogeny of Antedon rosaceus, Linck (Comatula rosacea of Lamarck)' by Charles Thomas Wyville Thomson, 12 March 1863, RR/5/270, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_270/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carter-on-a-paper-on-the-embryogeny-of-antedon-rosaceus-linck-comatula-rosacea-of-lamarck-by-charles-thomas-wyville-thomson, accessed on 18 June 2025

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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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