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Detailed referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson

Reference number: RR/8/287

Date: 20 December 1881

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests replacing the term 'Reptilia' with the term 'Amphibia'. Some of the photographs are very indistinct, and new illustrations will have to be made from the original specimens.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1882]

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RR/8/287
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20 December 1881
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Boyd Dawkins

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William Boyd Dawkins, Detailed referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson, 20 December 1881, RR/8/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_287/detailed-referees-report-by-william-boyd-dawkins-on-a-paper-on-the-results-of-recent-explorations-of-erect-trees-containing-animal-remains-in-the-coal-formation-of-nova-scotia-by-john-william-dawson, accessed on 07 October 2024

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