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Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, 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/3/147

Date: 22 March 1858

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Paper is of great importance.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858].

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RR/3/147
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22 March 1858
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Robert Darwin

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Charles Robert Darwin, Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, 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, 22 March 1858, RR/3/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_147/referees-report-by-charles-robert-darwin-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 15 May 2025

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