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

Reference number: RR/7/386

Date: 13 February 1875

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'both extremely interesting and more complete in details than any previous explaination'.

Subject: Engineering

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

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RR/7/386
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13 February 1875
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Report on paper
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3 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 origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic (or columnar) structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet, 13 February 1875, RR/7/386, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_386/referees-report-by-david-forbes-on-a-paper-on-the-origin-and-mechanism-of-production-of-the-prismatic-or-columnar-structure-of-basalt-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 10 June 2026

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