| Reference number | RR/5/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Robert Edmond Grant, on a paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of the Spongiadae.—Part II' by James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date | 22 July 1861 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Regrets that there was only a month available to read the paper, as they would have liked longer to enjoy it. Refers to previous paper by the same author. The author is known throughout Europe as a skilled perparator and microscopist, and has the largest collection of Porifera in Europe. Refers to work of Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Filippo Cavolini, Johann Schweigger, Ellis [?], Johnstone [?], Carter [Henry John Carter?], Thomas Henry Huxley and Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn. Considers the paper one of the best they have ever read, and that 'no medal or honor [sic] in the gift of the Royal Society conferred on the author, could adequately express the gratitude of at least one fellow-member'.
Subject: Zoology
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1862] |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1862.0035 Vol.152 1862 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/5/27 |
| RR/5/28 |
| RR/5/29 |
| RR/5/30 |
| RR/5/32 |
| PT/66/9 |
| PT/67/9 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7599 | Bowerbank; James Scott (1797 - 1877) | 1797 - 1877 |
| NA6290 | Grant; Robert Edmond (1793 - 1874) | 1793 - 1874 |