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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on three papers; 'On the structure and functions of the eyes of arthropoda' by B Thompson Lowne, 'Observations on the colouring-matters of the so-called bile of invertebrates, on those of the bile of vertebrates, and on some unusual urine pigments' by Charles A MacMunn and 'On the ciliated groove (siphonoglyphe) in the stomodaeum of the alcyonarians' by Sydney John Hickson

Reference number: RR/9/164

Date: 31 May 1883

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He is not able to comment on Lowne's paper, but will soon.
MacMunns's paper is not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, but should be published in Proceedings.
Hickson's paper is recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physiology

['On the structure and functions of the eyes of arthropoda' and 'Observations on the colouring-matters of the so-called bile of invertebrates, on those of the bile of vertebrates, and on some unusual urine pigments' published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].
['On the ciliated groove (siphonoglyphe) in the stomodaeum of the alcyonarians' published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on three papers; 'On the structure and functions of the eyes of arthropoda' by B Thompson Lowne, 'Observations on the colouring-matters of the so-called bile of invertebrates, on those of the bile of vertebrates, and on some unusual urine pigments' by Charles A MacMunn and 'On the ciliated groove (siphonoglyphe) in the stomodaeum of the alcyonarians' by Sydney John Hickson, 31 May 1883, RR/9/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_164/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-three-papers-on-the-structure-and-functions-of-the-eyes-of-arthropoda-by-b-thompson-lowne-observations-on-the-colouring-matters-of-the-so-called-bile-of-invertebrates-on-those-of-the-bile-of-vertebrates-and-on-some-unusual-urine-pigments-by-charles-a-macmunn-and-on-the-ciliated-groove-siphonoglyphe-in-the-stomodaeum-of-the-alcyonarians-by-sydney-john-hickson, accessed on 11 December 2024

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