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Referee's report by Adam Sedgwick, on a paper 'Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin' by Charles Robert Darwin

Reference number: RR/1/46

Date: 26 March 1839

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although not in its present form. Modifications are proposed.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1839].

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RR/1/46
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26 March 1839
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Letter on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Adam Sedgwick

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Adam Sedgwick, Referee's report by Adam Sedgwick, on a paper 'Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin' by Charles Robert Darwin, 26 March 1839, RR/1/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_46/referees-report-by-adam-sedgwick-on-a-paper-observations-on-the-parallel-roads-of-glen-roy-and-other-parts-of-lochaber-in-scotland-with-an-attempt-to-prove-that-they-are-of-marine-origin-by-charles-robert-darwin, accessed on 17 February 2025

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