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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the hirudinea' by Alfred Gibbs Bourne

Reference number: RR/9/113

Date: 28 July 1883

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'loose and careless'. It could be published in Proceedings.

Subject: Physiology/Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].

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RR/9/113
Earliest possible date
28 July 1883
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Letter on people
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the hirudinea' by Alfred Gibbs Bourne, 28 July 1883, RR/9/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_113/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-anatomy-of-the-hirudinea-by-alfred-gibbs-bourne, accessed on 14 December 2024

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