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Referee's report by Charles James Fox Bunbury, on a paper 'On the organization of the fossil plants of the coal-measures - Part III. Lycopodiaceae (continued)' by William Crawford Williamson

Reference number: RR/7/215

Date: 04 May 1872

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains 'a great number of minute, elaborate and curious observations of the structure of fossil plants'.

Subject: Botany/Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1872].

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RR/7/215
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04 May 1872
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles James Fox Bunbury

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Charles James Fox Bunbury, Referee's report by Charles James Fox Bunbury, on a paper 'On the organization of the fossil plants of the coal-measures - Part III. Lycopodiaceae (continued)' by William Crawford Williamson, 04 May 1872, RR/7/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_215/referees-report-by-charles-james-fox-bunbury-on-a-paper-on-the-organization-of-the-fossil-plants-of-the-coal-measures-part-iii-lycopodiaceae-continued-by-william-crawford-williamson, accessed on 12 March 2026

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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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