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Referee's report by David Forbes, on a paper 'On the composition and origin of the waters of a salt spring in Huel Seton Mine, with a chemical and microscopical examination of certain rocks in its vicinity' by John Arthur Phillips

Reference number: RR/7/269

Date: 07 March 1873

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, it is more suited for the Proceedings.

Subject: Geology / Mineralogy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1872].

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RR/7/269
Earliest possible date
07 March 1873
Physical description
Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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David Forbes

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David Forbes, Referee's report by David Forbes, on a paper 'On the composition and origin of the waters of a salt spring in Huel Seton Mine, with a chemical and microscopical examination of certain rocks in its vicinity' by John Arthur Phillips, 07 March 1873, RR/7/269, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_269/referees-report-by-david-forbes-on-a-paper-on-the-composition-and-origin-of-the-waters-of-a-salt-spring-in-huel-seton-mine-with-a-chemical-and-microscopical-examination-of-certain-rocks-in-its-vicinity-by-john-arthur-phillips, accessed on 05 December 2024

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