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Paper, 'On the structure of some limestone nodules enclosed in seams of bituminous coal, with a description of some trigonocarpons contained in them' by J D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker and Edward [William] Binney

Reference number: PT/50/6

Date: 1854

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Subject: Geology / Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure of certain limestone nodules enclosed in seams of bituminous coal, with a description of some trigonocarpons contained in them'.

Received by the Royal Society on 23 November 1854. Read 14 December 1854.

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/50/6
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1854
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Ink on paper
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Dalton Hooker

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Edward William Binney

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Joseph Dalton Hooker, Edward William Binney, Paper, 'On the structure of some limestone nodules enclosed in seams of bituminous coal, with a description of some trigonocarpons contained in them' by J D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker and Edward [William] Binney, 1854, PT/50/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_50_6/paper-on-the-structure-of-some-limestone-nodules-enclosed-in-seams-of-bituminous-coal-with-a-description-of-some-trigonocarpons-contained-in-them-by-j-d-joseph-dalton-hooker-and-edward-william-binney, accessed on 21 May 2025

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