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RefNoMC/2/279
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Newport to [Prince Augustus Frederick] the President of the Royal Society and to the Council
Date7 March 1838
DescriptionClarifying his position taken in a note to his paper 'On the temperature of insects' in the 'Philosophical Transactions', to which Marshall Hall had responded in front of Council. Newport includes extracts of letters to prove his research into the respiration of insects prior to an acquaintance with Hall and his work.

[Read by Council on 8 March 1838.]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1837.0019
RelatedRecordCMP/1/91
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5371Newport; George (1803 - 1854)1803 - 1854
NA8338Augustus Frederick (1773 - 1843); Duke of Sussex1773 - 1843
NA7943Hall; Marshall (1790 - 1857)1790 - 1857
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