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Letter from Philip Lutley Sclater, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On fossil remains of equines from central and South America referable to Equus conversidens, Ow., Equus tan, Ow., and Equus arcidens, Ow' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/6/204

Date: 23 March 1869

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Apologises for not being able to referee the paper, as it deals with a subject on which the referee has 'paid no sort of attention'. Suggests the paper be referred to someone who is 'engaged in the study of extinct Mammalia'.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/204
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23 March 1869
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Philip Lutley Sclater

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Philip Lutley Sclater, Letter from Philip Lutley Sclater, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On fossil remains of equines from central and South America referable to Equus conversidens, Ow., Equus tan, Ow., and Equus arcidens, Ow' by Richard Owen, 23 March 1869, RR/6/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_204/letter-from-philip-lutley-sclater-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-fossil-remains-of-equines-from-central-and-south-america-referable-to-equus-conversidens-ow-equus-tan-ow-and-equus-arcidens-ow-by-richard-owen, accessed on 09 October 2024

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