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Whales, anatomy & histology

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    The baleen whales of the South Atlantic / by Sir William Turner.

    Turner, Wm. (William), Sir, 1832-1916. | Date: 1914
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    Observations upon a fin-whale (Physalus antiquorum, Gray) recently stranded in Pevensey Bay / by William Henry Flower.

    Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899. | Date: [1865]
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    Account of the dissection of a young rorqual, or short whalebone whale, (the Balaena rostrata of Fabricius) : with a few observations on the anatomy of the foetal Mysticetus / by Dr. Knox.

    Knox, Robert, 1791-1862. | Date: [1834?]
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    On whales, past and present, and their probable origin : a discourse / by W.H. Flower.

    Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899. | Date: [1883]
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    Epistola de balaenopteris quibusdam ventre sulcato distinctis : quam viro summe venerando Joh. Frid. Blumenbachio ... honores doctorales ante quinquaginta annos acceptos d. XVI. Sept. / gratulantes scripserunt F. Rosenthal, F. Hornschuch.

    Rosenthal, Friedrich Christian, 1780-1829. | Date: 1825
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