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Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'On the organisation of the fossil plants of the coal-measures. Heterangium Tiliœoides (Will.) and Kaloxylon Hookeri' by William Crawford Williamson

Reference number: RR/9/418

Date: 23 February 1887

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Recommended for publication. The language used in the paper should be changed. Modifying the language would 'bring the descriptions into harmony with the structures described''.

Subject: Botany

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1887].

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RR/9/418
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23 February 1887
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Carruthers

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William Carruthers, Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'On the organisation of the fossil plants of the coal-measures. Heterangium Tiliœoides (Will.) and Kaloxylon Hookeri' by William Crawford Williamson, 23 February 1887, RR/9/418, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_418/referees-report-by-william-carruthers-on-a-paper-on-the-organisation-of-the-fossil-plants-of-the-coal-measures-heterangium-tiliœoides-will-and-kaloxylon-hookeri-by-william-crawford-williamson, accessed on 08 June 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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