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Letter from Henry B Wheatley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding two papers 'On Holtenia, a genus of vitreous sponges' by Charles Thomas Wyville Thomson and 'On Palaeocoryne, a genus of tubularine hydrozoa from the Carboniferous formation' by Peter Martin Duncan and H M Jenkins

Reference number: RR/6/287

Date: 03 September 1869

Description

First paper - Has received a quote from Mr Tuffen West for the four plates in the paper, and requests whether the plates should be sent to him.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Second paper - Cannot correspond with William Sharpey on the matter owing to his being in Scotland. However, as the lines are sharpley defined, has sent them to Williams for an estimate. The seven drawings should fit on one plate.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/287
Earliest possible date
03 September 1869
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Henry B Wheatley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding two papers 'On Holtenia, a genus of vitreous sponges' by Charles Thomas Wyville Thomson and 'On Palaeocoryne, a genus of tubularine hydrozoa from the Carboniferous formation' by Peter Martin Duncan and H M Jenkins, 03 September 1869, RR/6/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_287/letter-from-henry-b-wheatley-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-two-papers-on-holtenia-a-genus-of-vitreous-sponges-by-charles-thomas-wyville-thomson-and-on-palaeocoryne-a-genus-of-tubularine-hydrozoa-from-the-carboniferous-formation-by-peter-martin-duncan-and-h-m-jenkins, accessed on 16 July 2025

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