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Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'On the organisation of the fossil plants of the coal-measures.--Part XV' by William Crawford Williamson

Reference number: RR/10/111

Date: 19 October 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The author overvalues some of the structures observed.

Subject: Botany, Palaeontology, Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/111
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19 October 1888
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Carruthers

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William Carruthers, Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'On the organisation of the fossil plants of the coal-measures.--Part XV' by William Crawford Williamson, 19 October 1888, RR/10/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_111/referees-report-by-william-carruthers-on-a-paper-on-the-organisation-of-the-fossil-plants-of-the-coal-measures-part-xv-by-william-crawford-williamson, accessed on 12 December 2024

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