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Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'On the ova of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/8/243

Date: 10 August 1880

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, due to its short length, but as it forms part of a series, the author may wish for it to be published along with the other memoirs in the Philosophical Transactions, to which the referee has no objection.

Subject: Zoology

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

Reference number
RR/8/243
Earliest possible date
10 August 1880
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Flower

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William Henry Flower, Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'On the ova of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen, 10 August 1880, RR/8/243, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_243/referees-report-by-william-henry-flower-on-a-paper-on-the-ova-of-the-echidna-hystrix-by-richard-owen, accessed on 29 April 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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