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Letter from Herbert Rix, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding 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

Reference number: RR/12/279

Date: 17 June 1895

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Encloses letter from the author [RR/12/277], and referee's report by Thomas George Bonney [RR/12/276]. The decision was for the paper to be abbreviated in line with Thomas George Boney's recommendations, and with illustrations to cost no more than £25.

Subject: Geology, Crystallography

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

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RR/12/279
Earliest possible date
17 June 1895
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from Herbert Rix, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding 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, 17 June 1895, RR/12/279, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_279/letter-from-herbert-rix-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-regarding-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 19 January 2025

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