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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is speculative and there is 'no reason for the Royal Society giving publicity to his speculation'.

Subject: Geology

[Paper was withdrawn].

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/9/380
Earliest possible date
17 November 1886
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Richard Strachey

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Richard Strachey, Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on an unnamed paper by O'Reilly, 17 November 1886, RR/9/380, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_380/referees-report-by-richard-strachey-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-oreilly, accessed on 15 January 2025

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