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Referee's report by William Henry Fitton, on a paper 'Geological remarks on Kerguelen's Land' by R McCormick

Reference number: RR/1/157

Date: 16 June 1841

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, on behalf of the Committee of Geology.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1837].

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RR/1/157
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16 June 1841
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Fitton

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William Henry Fitton, Referee's report by William Henry Fitton, on a paper 'Geological remarks on Kerguelen's Land' by R McCormick, 16 June 1841, RR/1/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_157/referees-report-by-william-henry-fitton-on-a-paper-geological-remarks-on-kerguelens-land-by-r-mccormick, accessed on 14 January 2025

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