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RefNoAP/37/10
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On a supposed aerolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in Battersea Fields [London]' by Roderick Murchison
DateJune 1855
DescriptionMurchison shares details of the appearance and analysis of a specimen presented to the Museum of Practical Geology on 2 June 1855.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Geology / Chemistry

Received 21 June 1855.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a supposed aërolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in the Battersea fields'.
Extent17p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0097
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8081Murchison; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792 - 1871); geologist and geographer1792 - 1871
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