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Referee's report by John Whitaker Hulke, on a paper 'Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen), from Australia.—Part III' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/8/332

Date: 03 March 1881

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper quite long, but cannot see how it might be abbreviated.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology, Zoology

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

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RR/8/332
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03 March 1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Whitaker Hulke

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John Whitaker Hulke, Referee's report by John Whitaker Hulke, on a paper 'Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen), from Australia.—Part III' by Richard Owen, 03 March 1881, RR/8/332, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_332/referees-report-by-john-whitaker-hulke-on-a-paper-description-of-some-remains-of-the-gigantic-land-lizard-megalania-prisca-owen-from-australiapart-iii-by-richard-owen, accessed on 11 November 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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