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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The figures and maps should be printed together. Suggests adding an introductory remarks on the history of the mines, which he is happy to help with.

Subject: Geology, Crystallography

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1896]

Reference number
RR/12/277
Earliest possible date
1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Valentine Ball

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Valentine Ball, Referee's report by Valentine Ball, on a paper 'The rubies of Burma and associated minerals: their mode of occurrence, origin, and metamorphoses. A contribution to the history of corundum' by C Barrington Brown and John Wesley Judd, 1895, RR/12/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_277/referees-report-by-valentine-ball-on-a-paper-the-rubies-of-burma-and-associated-minerals-their-mode-of-occurrence-origin-and-metamorphoses-a-contribution-to-the-history-of-corundum-by-c-barrington-brown-and-john-wesley-judd, accessed on 15 February 2026

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