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Letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes

Reference number: RR/8/57

Date: 05 May 1877

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Has not received any suggestions for omissions from Committee as he had hoped. Since communicating the paper, has made additions relating to the recent work of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson. Has also written an abstract which could be omitted, and instead the subject will be communicated at the Royal Institution Lecture. Suggests the illustrations could be reduced in size.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1877]

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RR/8/57
Earliest possible date
05 May 1877
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes, 05 May 1877, RR/8/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_57/letter-from-george-john-romanes-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-further-observations-on-the-locomotor-system-of-medusae-by-george-john-romanes, accessed on 20 January 2025

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