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Referee's report by John Arthur Phillips, on a paper 'On a collection of rock specimens from the Island of Socotra' by Thomas George Bonney

Reference number: RR/9/4

Date: 31 July 1882

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Recommended for publication in Proceedings, rather than Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'sound and valuable' work, but 'the subject does not admit of much originality'.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].

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RR/9/4
Earliest possible date
31 July 1882
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Arthur Phillips

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John Arthur Phillips, Referee's report by John Arthur Phillips, on a paper 'On a collection of rock specimens from the Island of Socotra' by Thomas George Bonney, 31 July 1882, RR/9/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_4/referees-report-by-john-arthur-phillips-on-a-paper-on-a-collection-of-rock-specimens-from-the-island-of-socotra-by-thomas-george-bonney, accessed on 09 October 2024

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