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Letter from Wyville Thomas Charles Thomson, regarding a paper 'On Holtenia, a genus of vitreous sponges' by Charles Thomas Wyville Thomson

Reference number: RR/6/197

Date: 20 September 1869

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Went to last Council meeting of the season with Carpenter [?]. Asks if he could have the paper back for a few days in order to make an addition of a few new specimens.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/197
Earliest possible date
20 September 1869
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Wyville Thomas Charles Thomson, regarding a paper 'On Holtenia, a genus of vitreous sponges' by Charles Thomas Wyville Thomson, 20 September 1869, RR/6/197, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_197/letter-from-wyville-thomas-charles-thomson-regarding-a-paper-on-holtenia-a-genus-of-vitreous-sponges-by-charles-thomas-wyville-thomson, accessed on 19 April 2025

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