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Letter from Joseph Prestwich, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period' by Joseph Prestwich

Reference number: RR/8/185

Date: 11 September 1879

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Has been in touch with Walter White, as the rough sketches will require drawing up by the artist, who will also require further instruction after the size has been reduced from the Ordnance Survey. Will soon be travelling to France and will not return until October.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]

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RR/8/185
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11 September 1879
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Letter from Joseph Prestwich, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period' by Joseph Prestwich, 11 September 1879, RR/8/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_185/letter-from-joseph-prestwich-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-the-origin-of-the-parallel-roads-of-lochaber-and-their-bearing-on-other-phenomena-of-the-glacial-period-by-joseph-prestwich, accessed on 24 March 2025

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