Referee's report by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, on a paper 'On the modifications of the simple and compound eyes of insects' by Benjamin Thompson Lowne
Reference number: RR/8/112
Date: 25 May 1878
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not feel confident to give an opinion on the optical theories. Suggests notation be added to the illutrative diagrams.
Subject: Physiology
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1878]
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- RR/8/112
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- 25 May 1878
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- Letter on paper
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Lubbock, Referee's report by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, on a paper 'On the modifications of the simple and compound eyes of insects' by Benjamin Thompson Lowne, 25 May 1878, RR/8/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_112/referees-report-by-john-lubbock-1st-baron-avebury-on-a-paper-on-the-modifications-of-the-simple-and-compound-eyes-of-insects-by-benjamin-thompson-lowne, accessed on 14 May 2025
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XVII. On the modifications of the simple and compound eyes of insects External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1878
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1878.0018
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Second referee's report by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, on a paper 'On the modifications of the simple and compound eyes of insects' by Benjamin Thompson Lowne
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