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Referee's report by Henry John Carter, on 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/6/289

Date: 09 August 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The illustrations should be included.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the illustrations should be lithographed.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/289
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09 August 1869
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry John Carter

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Henry John Carter, Referee's report by Henry John Carter, on 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, 09 August 1869, RR/6/289, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_289/referees-report-by-henry-john-carter-on-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 10 July 2025

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