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Letter from Joseph Prestwich, on his paper 'On underground temperature; with observations on the conductivity of rocks; on the thermal effects of saturation and imbibition; and on a special source of heat in mountain ranges' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/305

Date: 31 July 1885

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Wishes to postpone the printing of his paper until after the next Council Meeting in October.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

Reference number
RR/9/305
Earliest possible date
31 July 1885
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Joseph Prestwich, on his paper 'On underground temperature; with observations on the conductivity of rocks; on the thermal effects of saturation and imbibition; and on a special source of heat in mountain ranges' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 31 July 1885, RR/9/305, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_305/letter-from-joseph-prestwich-on-his-paper-on-underground-temperature-with-observations-on-the-conductivity-of-rocks-on-the-thermal-effects-of-saturation-and-imbibition-and-on-a-special-source-of-heat-in-mountain-ranges-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 September 2024

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