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Referee's report by Roderick Impey Murchison, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner

Reference number: RR/2/109

Date: 05 March 1855

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has not seen the diagrams so cannot offer an opinion of them. The tables should be finished in small type. Leaves it to the Committee to decide whether to print this part at the current time, or to wait until the second part is completed and print them together.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/109
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05 March 1855
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Roderick Impey Murchison, Referee's report by Roderick Impey Murchison, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner, 05 March 1855, RR/2/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_109/referees-report-by-roderick-impey-murchison-on-a-paper-an-account-of-some-recent-researches-near-cairo-undertaken-with-the-view-of-throwing-light-upon-the-geological-history-of-the-alluvial-land-of-egypt-by-leonard-horner, accessed on 24 May 2025

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