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Portion of Horner's paper published in Philosophical Transactions. The portion begins with section titled 'The recent researches'.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt'.

Received by the Royal Society on 25 January 1855. Read 8 and 15 February 1855.

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 7, 1856.

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PT/50/4
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1855
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Ink on paper
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29 pages
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Manuscript

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Leonard Horner

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Leonard Horner, Portion of paper, 'The recent researches' by Leonard Horner, 1855, PT/50/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_50_4/portion-of-paper-the-recent-researches-by-leonard-horner, accessed on 21 March 2025

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    Dates: 1802 - 1865

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