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Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'Further observations on the organization of the fossil plants of the coal-­ measures. —Part I. Calamites, Calamostachys, and Sphenophyllum' by William Crawford Williamson and Dukinfield Henry Scott

Reference number: RR/12/265

Date: 28 February 1894

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Renault [?] and Edward William Binney. Some of the figures have previously been published elsewhere, gives a list of these figures.

Subject: Botany, Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]

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RR/12/265
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28 February 1894
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Letter on paper
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5 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 'Further observations on the organization of the fossil plants of the coal-­ measures. —Part I. Calamites, Calamostachys, and Sphenophyllum' by William Crawford Williamson and Dukinfield Henry Scott, 28 February 1894, RR/12/265, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_265/referees-report-by-william-carruthers-on-a-paper-further-observations-on-the-organization-of-the-fossil-plants-of-the-coal-measures-part-i-calamites-calamostachys-and-sphenophyllum-by-william-crawford-williamson-and-dukinfield-henry-scott, accessed on 12 January 2025

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