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Letter from Richard Owen, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the ova of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/8/242

Date: 09 September 1880

Description

Suggests the paper be printed in the same manner as his earlier paper on Ornithorhynchus. The illustrations can fit on one plate, with some left for the use of another author.

Subject: Zoology

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

Reference number
RR/8/242
Earliest possible date
09 September 1880
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Richard Owen, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the ova of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen, 09 September 1880, RR/8/242, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_242/letter-from-richard-owen-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-the-ova-of-the-echidna-hystrix-by-richard-owen, accessed on 13 October 2024

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