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Letter from Edward Hull, on his paper 'On the extension of the coal-fields beneath the newer formations of England; and the succession of physical changes whereby the coal-measures have been reduced to their present dimensions' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/107

Date: 04 March 1871

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Hull is dismayed at the referee's decision to not publish the paper in Philosophical Transactions, as a great deal of work went into it. He also claims that 'this is the first time any society has refused to publish a communication from me'.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1870].

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RR/7/107
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04 March 1871
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Edward Hull

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Edward Hull, Letter from Edward Hull, on his paper 'On the extension of the coal-fields beneath the newer formations of England; and the succession of physical changes whereby the coal-measures have been reduced to their present dimensions' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 04 March 1871, RR/7/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_107/letter-from-edward-hull-on-his-paper-on-the-extension-of-the-coal-fields-beneath-the-newer-formations-of-england-and-the-succession-of-physical-changes-whereby-the-coal-measures-have-been-reduced-to-their-present-dimensions-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 May 2025

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