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Referee's report by Andrew Crombie Ramsay, on a paper 'A brief account of the 'Thesaurus Siluricus,' with a few facts and inferences' by John Jeremiah Bigsby

Reference number: RR/6/20

Date: 06 February 1867

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The lists would prove immensely valuable. They would have been invaluable to the referee in writing an address for the Geological Society, if they had been available. Suggests the opening memoir be reviewed by a 'well qualified palaeontologist with a knowledge of physical geology'.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/6/20
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06 February 1867
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Andrew Crombie Ramsay

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Andrew Crombie Ramsay, Referee's report by Andrew Crombie Ramsay, on a paper 'A brief account of the 'Thesaurus Siluricus,' with a few facts and inferences' by John Jeremiah Bigsby, 06 February 1867, RR/6/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_20/referees-report-by-andrew-crombie-ramsay-on-a-paper-a-brief-account-of-the-thesaurus-siluricus-with-a-few-facts-and-inferences-by-john-jeremiah-bigsby, accessed on 25 March 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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