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Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'A superior limit to the age of the earth's crust' by Henry Norris Russell

Reference number: RR/26/127

Date: 1921

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1921]

No received date.

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RR/26/127
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1921
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Robert John Strutt, Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'A superior limit to the age of the earth's crust' by Henry Norris Russell, 1921, RR/26/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_127/referees-report-by-robert-john-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-a-superior-limit-to-the-age-of-the-earths-crust-by-henry-norris-russell, accessed on 17 May 2025

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