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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper may be more suited for the Proceedings, but the illustrations are much better suited for the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1878]

Reference number
RR/8/113
Earliest possible date
01 June 1878
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Lubbock

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John Lubbock, 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, 01 June 1878, RR/8/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_113/second-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 19 April 2025

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