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Paper, 'Supplementary report on explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia [Canada]' by Jonh William Dawson

Reference number: PP/20/1

Date: 1892

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Dawson writes: 'To the memoir which I had the honour to present to the Royal Society on this subject in 1882 I appended a note from Dr Scudder, of Cambridge, U. S., so well known for his researches in fossil Insects and Arachnidans, in which he gave a preliminary account of the remains of Arthropods in my collections which I had submitted to him.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Palaeontology

Received 25 April 1892 / 20 May 1892. Read 2 June 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Supplementary report on explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia'.

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PP/20/1
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1892
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Dawson

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John William Dawson, Paper, 'Supplementary report on explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia [Canada]' by Jonh William Dawson, 1892, PP/20/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_1/paper-supplementary-report-on-explorations-of-erect-trees-containing-animal-remains-in-the-coal-formation-of-nova-scotia-canada-by-jonh-william-dawson, accessed on 16 September 2024

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