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Reference numberRR/10/149
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TitleLetter from Michael Foster, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The electric organ of the skate.—The electric organ of Raia radiata' by James Cossar Ewart
Date[1888]
DescriptionReferee John Newport Langley is adamant in his view that the paper is separate from the others [RR/10/148]. Suggests continuing with the other papers as a joint memoir, and asking the author to rearrange the current paper as recommended. Suggests sending John Newport Langley's report to Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer. Has communicated with Herbert Rix.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstb.1888.0020 Vol.179 1888
Related records in the catalogueRR/10/145
RR/10/146
RR/10/147
RR/10/148
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
NA8364Ewart; James Cossar (1851 - 1933)1851 - 1933
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