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Referee's report by Peter Martin Duncan, on a paper 'On the pre-carboniferous flora of Northeastern America' by Dawson

Reference number: RR/7/24

Date: 11 May 1870

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The chapter on the origin of species should be omitted.

Subject: Botany

[Not published].

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RR/7/24
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11 May 1870
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Martin Duncan

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Peter Martin Duncan, Referee's report by Peter Martin Duncan, on a paper 'On the pre-carboniferous flora of Northeastern America' by Dawson, 11 May 1870, RR/7/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_24/referees-report-by-peter-martin-duncan-on-a-paper-on-the-pre-carboniferous-flora-of-northeastern-america-by-dawson, accessed on 14 June 2026

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