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Paper, 'Researches in physical geology (third series)' by W [William] Hopkins

Reference number: PT/26/2

Date: 16 November 1841

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47 manuscript pages and one plate showing a system of fissures in the earth.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Researches in physical geology.—Third series'.

Written by Hopkins at St Peter's Cole, Cambridge. Received by the Royal Society on 24 November 1841. Read 13 January 1842.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 4, 1843.

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PT/26/2
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16 November 1841
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Ink on paper
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48 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hopkins

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William Hopkins, Paper, 'Researches in physical geology (third series)' by W [William] Hopkins, 16 November 1841, PT/26/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_26_2/paper-researches-in-physical-geology-third-series-by-w-william-hopkins, accessed on 15 March 2025

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