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Referee's report by Alfred Harker, on a paper 'Ball-and-socket jointing in basalt prisms' by F W Preston

Reference number: RR/40/50

Date: 21 November 1929

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Sectional committee: Geology

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. The paper will be improved with editing. The amount of paragraphs is an 'eyesore'.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1930].

Endorsed on verso as received 23 November 1929.

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RR/40/50
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21 November 1929
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2 pages
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Alfred Harker

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Alfred Harker, Referee's report by Alfred Harker, on a paper 'Ball-and-socket jointing in basalt prisms' by F W Preston, 21 November 1929, RR/40/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_40_50/referees-report-by-alfred-harker-on-a-paper-ball-and-socket-jointing-in-basalt-prisms-by-f-w-preston, accessed on 14 January 2025

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