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Letter from William Kitchen Parker, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper [attributed] 'On the structure and development of the skull in sturgeons (Acipenser ruthenus and A. sturio)' by William Kitchen Parker

Reference number: RR/8/247

Date: 26 July 1880

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Is happy with the decisions on the illustrations taken. Will be ready in a few weeks to correct the proofs. Mr Newman, the lithographer, says colouring the plates will take time. Suggests printing should wait at least two months. Suggests the paper be as part four for 1880.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1882]

Reference number
RR/8/247
Earliest possible date
26 July 1880
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William Kitchen Parker, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper [attributed] 'On the structure and development of the skull in sturgeons (Acipenser ruthenus and A. sturio)' by William Kitchen Parker, 26 July 1880, RR/8/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_247/letter-from-william-kitchen-parker-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-attributed-on-the-structure-and-development-of-the-skull-in-sturgeons-acipenser-ruthenus-and-a-sturio-by-william-kitchen-parker, accessed on 20 January 2026

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