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Letter from Alfred Gibbs Bourne, on his paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the hirudinea' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/198

Date: 10 December 1883

Description

Has discovered some new information and wishes to add it to his older paper. Asks to withdraw the paper and add this new information before it is published.

Subject: Zoology

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

Reference number
RR/9/198
Earliest possible date
10 December 1883
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Alfred Gibbs Bourne, on his paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the hirudinea' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 10 December 1883, RR/9/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_198/letter-from-alfred-gibbs-bourne-on-his-paper-contributions-to-the-anatomy-of-the-hirudinea-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 26 January 2025

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