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RefNoPP/7/19
Previous numbersPP/39/24
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Second Report on the evidence of fossil plants regarding the age of the tertiary basalts of the North-East Atlantic' by J [John] Starkie Gardner
CreatorGardner; John Starkie (1845-1930); British art metal worker; author; geologist
Date1885
DescriptionGardner writes: 'I have the honour to make known the results attending the expen­diture of £75, placed in my hands by the Government Grant Com­mittee for the purpose of investigating the fossil floras of Scotland, which has been expended at Ardtun Head.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Palaeontology

Received 30 November 1885. Read 17 December 1885. Communicated by Joseph Dalton Hooker.

A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Second Report on the evidence of fossil plants regarding the age of the tertiary basalts of the North-East Atlantic'.
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1885.0031
RelatedRecordPP/6/3
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7983Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist1817 - 1911
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