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Referee's report by Andrew Crombie Ramsay, on a paper 'Ovibos moschatus (Blainville)' by William Boyd Dawkins

Reference number: RR/6/98

Date: 28 November 1867

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to a note by the previous referee George Rolleston [RR/6/97], asking the paper be referred to a geologist to check the stratigraphy. Refers to work by Joseph Prestwich, Morris [?] and Searles Valentine Wood.

Subject: Zoology, Geology, Palaeontology

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

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RR/6/98
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28 November 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 'Ovibos moschatus (Blainville)' by William Boyd Dawkins, 28 November 1867, RR/6/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_98/referees-report-by-andrew-crombie-ramsay-on-a-paper-ovibos-moschatus-blainville-by-william-boyd-dawkins, accessed on 12 December 2024

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