Referee's report by Peter Martin Duncan, on a paper 'Notes on Physical Geology' by Samuel Haughton
Reference number: RR/8/106
Date: 25 April 1878
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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper raises questions about polar shifts, and the relation between fauna and climate. Considers the data used to be wrong, therefore the hypothesis is based on incorrect information.
Subject: Geology, Palaeontology
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878]
- Reference number
- RR/8/106
- Earliest possible date
- 25 April 1878
- Physical description
- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Peter Martin Duncan, Referee's report by Peter Martin Duncan, on a paper 'Notes on Physical Geology' by Samuel Haughton, 25 April 1878, RR/8/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_106/referees-report-by-peter-martin-duncan-on-a-paper-notes-on-physical-geology-by-samuel-haughton, accessed on 20 January 2025
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IV. Notes on Physical Geology External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1878
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0176
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