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Letter from W Galloway, on his paper 'On the influence of coal-dust in colliery explosions. No. III' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/33

Date: 20 March 1882

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Disagrees with the referees' opinions on his paper. Claims he has 'not protested against the action of the referees as I most earnestly desire to avoid the slightest appearance of want of defiance, and this has been the only reason for my silence'. Wishes the paper to be published in full.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1882].

Reference number
RR/9/33
Earliest possible date
20 March 1882
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from W Galloway, on his paper 'On the influence of coal-dust in colliery explosions. No. III' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 20 March 1882, RR/9/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_33/letter-from-w-galloway-on-his-paper-on-the-influence-of-coal-dust-in-colliery-explosions-no-iii-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 09 December 2024

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