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Referee's report by Edmund Johnston Garwood, on a paper 'On certain geological effects of the cooling of the earth' by Harold Jeffreys

Reference number: RR/26/69

Date: 23 June 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Apologises for late response, and that there hasn't been time for a detailed review of the paper, but cannot see any faults with the geological reasoning. Refers to work by Albert Heim. Requests permission to communicate with John William Evans.

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

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RR/26/69
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23 June 1921
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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7 pages
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Edmund Johnston Garwood, Referee's report by Edmund Johnston Garwood, on a paper 'On certain geological effects of the cooling of the earth' by Harold Jeffreys, 23 June 1921, RR/26/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_69/referees-report-by-edmund-johnston-garwood-on-a-paper-on-certain-geological-effects-of-the-cooling-of-the-earth-by-harold-jeffreys, accessed on 23 May 2025

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