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Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the chameleon's retina; a further contribution to the minute anatomy of the retina of reptiles' by John Whitaker Hulke

Reference number: RR/6/141

Date: 18 January 1866

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The observations are not all new, but 'they are nowhere better found so fully and completely expressed'. Suggests the illustrations could be reduced in both size and number.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/141
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18 January 1866
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the chameleon's retina; a further contribution to the minute anatomy of the retina of reptiles' by John Whitaker Hulke, 18 January 1866, RR/6/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_141/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-on-the-chameleons-retina-a-further-contribution-to-the-minute-anatomy-of-the-retina-of-reptiles-by-john-whitaker-hulke, accessed on 25 March 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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