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Referee's report by Alexander Henry Green, on a paper 'On the British earthquakes of 1889' by Charles Davison

Reference number: RR/10/339

Date: 1890

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' or the Proceedings. The evidence is 'rough and deficient in scientific accuracy', and the conclusions are speculative. The printed abstract covers the paper sufficiently.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1891]

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RR/10/339
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1890
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander Henry Green

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Alexander Henry Green, Referee's report by Alexander Henry Green, on a paper 'On the British earthquakes of 1889' by Charles Davison, 1890, RR/10/339, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_339/referees-report-by-alexander-henry-green-on-a-paper-on-the-british-earthquakes-of-1889-by-charles-davison, accessed on 21 January 2025

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