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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 V - Asterophyllites' by William Crawford Williamson

Reference number: RR/7/280

Date: 22 July 1873

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It has been 'executed with great care and contains valuable observations and striking views respecting the plants in question'.

Subject: Botany

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1874].

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RR/7/280
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22 July 1873
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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 V - Asterophyllites' by William Crawford Williamson, 22 July 1873, RR/7/280, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_280/referees-report-by-charles-james-fox-bunbury-on-a-paper-on-the-organization-of-the-fossil-plants-of-the-coal-measures-part-v-asterophyllites-by-william-crawford-williamson, accessed on 09 October 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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