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A White Sea

Nature volume 58, page 619 (1898)Cite this article

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I HAVE received several letters respecting this phenomenon (see p. 496), and have distributed the samples of water to two gentlemen who were desirous of examining it. Will you permit me to say that subsequently I received another application from a bacteriologist on the continent, and that the letter was unfortunately lost before complete perusal. Hence my failure to acknowledge its receipt.

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BARRETT, J. A White Sea. Nature 58, 619 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058619e0

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