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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'The prehensores of male butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera and Papilo' by Philip Henry Gosse to the author

Reference number: RR/9/45

Date: 24 February 1882

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Letter to the author with an update on his paper.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1881].

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RR/9/45
Earliest possible date
24 February 1882
Physical description
Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'The prehensores of male butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera and Papilo' by Philip Henry Gosse to the author, 24 February 1882, RR/9/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_45/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-the-prehensores-of-male-butterflies-of-the-genera-ornithoptera-and-papilo-by-philip-henry-gosse-to-the-author, accessed on 12 October 2024

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