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Referee's report by Michael Foster, on a paper 'On the minute structure of the leg-muscles of the water-beetle' by Edward Albert Schäfer

Reference number: RR/7/275

Date: 16 June 1873

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It's publication will 'mark an important step in the advance of our knowledge of the constitution of striped muscular fibre'. Referee included suggestions for modification, which should be actioned, as they would make the paper 'more complete' and increase it's 'already high value'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1872].

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RR/7/275
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16 June 1873
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Foster

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Michael Foster, Referee's report by Michael Foster, on a paper 'On the minute structure of the leg-muscles of the water-beetle' by Edward Albert Schäfer, 16 June 1873, RR/7/275, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_275/referees-report-by-michael-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-minute-structure-of-the-leg-muscles-of-the-water-beetle-by-edward-albert-schäfer, accessed on 10 May 2026

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