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Letter from Hugh Falconer, on a paper 'Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals' by Charles Babbage

Reference number: RR/4/8

Date: 11 June 1859

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Referee does not consider themselves suitable to offer an opinion. Suggests it should be sent to another referee.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1859].

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RR/4/8
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11 June 1859
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Hugh Falconer

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Hugh Falconer, Letter from Hugh Falconer, on a paper 'Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals' by Charles Babbage, 11 June 1859, RR/4/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_8/letter-from-hugh-falconer-on-a-paper-observations-on-the-discovery-in-various-localities-of-the-remains-of-human-art-mixed-with-the-bones-of-extinct-races-of-animals-by-charles-babbage, accessed on 19 May 2025

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