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Referee's report by John Phillips, on a paper 'On the structure and motion of glaciers' by John Tyndall and Thomas Henry Huxley

Reference number: RR/3/267

Date: 16 March 1857

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, with modifications.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/267
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16 March 1857
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Phillips

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John Phillips, Referee's report by John Phillips, on a paper 'On the structure and motion of glaciers' by John Tyndall and Thomas Henry Huxley, 16 March 1857, RR/3/267, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_267/referees-report-by-john-phillips-on-a-paper-on-the-structure-and-motion-of-glaciers-by-john-tyndall-and-thomas-henry-huxley, accessed on 14 December 2024

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