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naval service of Huxley

  • Huxley, Thomas Henry
    In Thomas Henry Huxley: The Rattlesnake voyage

    To repay his debts, he entered the navy and served (1846–50) as assistant surgeon on HMS Rattlesnake surveying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and New Guinea. With his microscope lashed to a table in the chart room, he studied the structure and growth of…

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