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Letter from Henry George Lyons, to Aubrey Strahan, regarding a paper 'The support and origin of the mountains of central Asia' by Richard Dixon Oldham

Reference number: RR/24/72

Date: 02 June 1917

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Sectional Committee: Geology

Has sent the paper to Harrison [?]. Agrees with conclusions of Herbert Hall Turner [RR/24/71]. The paper only covers the subject superficially.

[Not published]

Endorsed on recto as received 22 June 1917.

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RR/24/72
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02 June 1917
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry George Lyons

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Henry George Lyons, Letter from Henry George Lyons, to Aubrey Strahan, regarding a paper 'The support and origin of the mountains of central Asia' by Richard Dixon Oldham, 02 June 1917, RR/24/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_24_72/letter-from-henry-george-lyons-to-aubrey-strahan-regarding-a-paper-the-support-and-origin-of-the-mountains-of-central-asia-by-richard-dixon-oldham, accessed on 07 October 2024

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