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Referee's report by Charles William Siemens, on a paper 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic (or columnar) structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet

Reference number: RR/7/385

Date: 20 May 1875

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is an 'interesting and valuable addition to speculative philosophy'.

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1874].

Reference number
RR/7/385
Earliest possible date
20 May 1875
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles William Siemens

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Charles William Siemens, Referee's report by Charles William Siemens, on a paper 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic (or columnar) structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet, 20 May 1875, RR/7/385, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_385/referees-report-by-charles-william-siemens-on-a-paper-on-the-origin-and-mechanism-of-production-of-the-prismatic-or-columnar-structure-of-basalt-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 25 January 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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