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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes

Reference number: RR/8/197

Date: 06 October 1879

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]

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RR/8/197
Earliest possible date
06 October 1879
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Ray Lankester

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes, 06 October 1879, RR/8/197, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_197/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-concluding-observations-on-the-locomotor-system-of-medusae-by-george-john-romanes, accessed on 19 July 2025

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