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Reference numberRR/6/196
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Peter Martin Duncan, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the genera heterophyllia, battersbyia, palæcyclus, and asterosmilia; the anatomy of their species, and their position in the classification of sclerodermic zoantharia' by Peter Martin Duncan
Date25 July 1867
DescriptionAsks that the artist for the illustrations get in contact in early August prior to the author leaving town later in the month. Asks that Mr de Wilde be the artist for the paper as he 'thoroughly understands coral work and who has illustrated the book, will do Heterophyllia etc. justice'.

Note states that this has been communicated to Mr White on 29 August 1867.

Subject: Zoology, Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1867.0021 Vol.157 1867
Related records in the catalogueRR/6/195
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5866Duncan; Peter Martin (1821 - 1891)1821 - 1891
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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