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Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'On the occurrence of flint-implements, associated with the remains of animals of extinct species in beds of a late geological period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne' by Joseph Prestwich

Reference number: RR/4/207

Date: 03 June 1859

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it is 'very valuable to a geologist'.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

Reference number
RR/4/207
Earliest possible date
03 June 1859
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Lyell

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Charles Lyell, Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'On the occurrence of flint-implements, associated with the remains of animals of extinct species in beds of a late geological period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne' by Joseph Prestwich, 03 June 1859, RR/4/207, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_207/referees-report-by-charles-lyell-on-a-paper-on-the-occurrence-of-flint-implements-associated-with-the-remains-of-animals-of-extinct-species-in-beds-of-a-late-geological-period-in-france-at-amiens-and-abbeville-and-in-england-at-hoxne-by-joseph-prestwich, accessed on 21 January 2025

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