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Second letter from Richard Owen, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding two papers 'On the ova of the Echidna hystrix' and 'Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen), from Australia.—Part II' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/8/244

Date: 17 September 1880

Description

The last letter from George Gabriel Stokes has accidentally been thrown away. Mr Wesley has found space for six plates, into which the Echinda plates could be inserted.

Subject: Zoology

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

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RR/8/244
Earliest possible date
17 September 1880
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Second letter from Richard Owen, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding two papers 'On the ova of the Echidna hystrix' and 'Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen), from Australia.—Part II' by Richard Owen, 17 September 1880, RR/8/244, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_244/second-letter-from-richard-owen-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-two-papers-on-the-ova-of-the-echidna-hystrix-and-description-of-some-remains-of-the-gigantic-land-lizard-megalania-prisca-owen-from-australiapart-ii-by-richard-owen, accessed on 16 March 2025

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