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Referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'On a collection of rock specimens from the Island of Socotra' by Thomas George Bonney

Reference number: RR/9/3

Date: 02 July 1882

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'very valuable contribution to our knowledge of a previously little known district'.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].

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RR/9/3
Earliest possible date
02 July 1882
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Clifton Sorby

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Henry Clifton Sorby, Referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'On a collection of rock specimens from the Island of Socotra' by Thomas George Bonney, 02 July 1882, RR/9/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_3/referees-report-by-henry-clifton-sorby-on-a-paper-on-a-collection-of-rock-specimens-from-the-island-of-socotra-by-thomas-george-bonney, accessed on 08 December 2023

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