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Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes

Reference number: RR/7/474

Date: 1876

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The author has created 'a new line of investigation which provides most important results'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

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RR/7/474
Earliest possible date
1876
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Report on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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George James Allman

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George James Allman, Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes, 1876, RR/7/474, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_474/referees-report-by-george-james-allman-on-a-paper-preliminary-observations-on-the-locomotor-system-of-medusae-by-george-john-romanes, accessed on 04 September 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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