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When the paper was first submitted, was of the opinion it should not be published. Now the Committee has decided to publish, does not think it should be greatly abridged. Suggests the investigative procedure should be more precisely given. Requests further information on the Admiralty chart.

Subject: Archaeology, Astronomy

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

Reference number
RR/14/124
Earliest possible date
29 July 1899
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Letter from George Howard Darwin, to Arthur William Rucker, regarding a paper 'On the orientation of the pyramids and temples in the Sûdân' by E A Wallis Budge, 29 July 1899, RR/14/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_124/letter-from-george-howard-darwin-to-arthur-william-rucker-regarding-a-paper-on-the-orientation-of-the-pyramids-and-temples-in-the-sûdân-by-e-a-wallis-budge, accessed on 17 January 2025

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