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Referee's report by Roderick Impey Murchison, 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/4/209

Date: 10 May 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper has been re-written and now is better suited for publication.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

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RR/4/209
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10 May 1860
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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

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Roderick Impey Murchison, Referee's report by Roderick Impey Murchison, 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, 10 May 1860, RR/4/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_209/referees-report-by-roderick-impey-murchison-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 17 March 2025

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