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Referee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne, on a paper 'Addition to the paper on 'Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop its true origin and cosmical relations'' by Robert Mallet

Reference number: RR/7/326

Date: 30 July 1874

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is the sequel of a paper already published in the Transactions. The language should be improved before publication.

Subject: Geology/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/326
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30 July 1874
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne

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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Referee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne, on a paper 'Addition to the paper on 'Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop its true origin and cosmical relations'' by Robert Mallet, 30 July 1874, RR/7/326, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_326/referees-report-by-mervyn-herbert-nevil-story-maskelyne-on-a-paper-addition-to-the-paper-on-volcanic-energy-an-attempt-to-develop-its-true-origin-and-cosmical-relations-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 16 July 2025

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