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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Engineering

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

Reference number
RR/7/387
Earliest possible date
21 April 1875
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Archibald Geikie

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Archibald Geikie, Referee's report by Archibald Geikie on a paper 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic (or columnar) structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet, 21 April 1875, RR/7/387, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_387/referees-report-by-archibald-geikie-on-a-paper-on-the-origin-and-mechanism-of-production-of-the-prismatic-or-columnar-structure-of-basalt-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 18 March 2025

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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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