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Copy of referee's comments [by William Thomas Calman] on a paper 'Fossils of the late pre-cambrian (newer proterozoic) Adelaide series, South Australia' by Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Robin John Tillyard

Reference number: RR/W/1/19

Date: 18 May 1932

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Paper reference code: B.30

Notes that the specimens presented to the British Museum (Natural History) [Natural History Museum] are 'extremely obscure', and may not contain any organic fossils at all. Argues that the authors have based their conclusions on many conjectures. Considers the paper to have no scientific value and not worthy of publication.

[Not published in Royal Society journals, the research was published as a Memoir in memorial to Sir T. W. Edgeworth David in 1936 in Australia].

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RR/W/1/19
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18 May 1932
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2 pages
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William Thomas Calman

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William Thomas Calman, Copy of referee's comments [by William Thomas Calman] on a paper 'Fossils of the late pre-cambrian (newer proterozoic) Adelaide series, South Australia' by Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Robin John Tillyard, 18 May 1932, RR/W/1/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_19/copy-of-referees-comments-by-william-thomas-calman-on-a-paper-fossils-of-the-late-pre-cambrian-newer-proterozoic-adelaide-series-south-australia-by-tannatt-william-edgeworth-david-and-robin-john-tillyard, accessed on 10 September 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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