Record

RefNoRR/6/48
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Murray Humphry, on a paper 'On the anatomy of Balaenoptera rostrata' by Alexander Carte and Alexander Macalister
Date27 August 1867
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Regrets the paper does not contain an account of the organs. Suggests the photographs should be figured to make them clearer.

Attached letter by Walter White, to George Gabriel Stokes, dated 28 August 1867, noting that this report by George Murray Humphry is the second referee's report.

Subject: Physiology, Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1868.0009 Vol.158 1868
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3612Humphry; Sir; George Murray (1820 - 1896)1820 - 1896
NA2873Macalister; Alexander (1844 - 1919)1844 - 1919
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