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Referee's report by Michael Foster, on the Croonian Lecture 'Observations on the locomotor system of Echinodermata' by George John Romanes and James Cossar Ewart

Reference number: RR/8/288

Date: 22 May 1881

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', or if not, then it should be printed in the Proceedings. Finds the paper somewhat limited in scope. Refers to work by Fiedenque [?].

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881]

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RR/8/288
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22 May 1881
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Foster

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Michael Foster, Referee's report by Michael Foster, on the Croonian Lecture 'Observations on the locomotor system of Echinodermata' by George John Romanes and James Cossar Ewart, 22 May 1881, RR/8/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_288/referees-report-by-michael-foster-on-the-croonian-lecture-observations-on-the-locomotor-system-of-echinodermata-by-george-john-romanes-and-james-cossar-ewart, accessed on 18 January 2026

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