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RefNoAP/14/19
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'A description and analysis of some new mineral species' by Thomas Thomson
Date[1830]
DescriptionThomson provides descriptions and physical and chemical analyses of recently discovered trap rocks and minerals that appear particularly in northeastern Ireland and the central belt of Scotland, but that have also appeared elsewhere in Great Britain and North America.

Peter Mark Roget's initials appear next to the date received. Corrections, deletions, and additions appear throughout in ink.

Subject: Mineralogy

Received by the Royal Society on 27 May 1830. Read on 17 June 1830.
Extent78p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8019Thomson; Thomas (1773 - 1852)1773 - 1852
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