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Reference numberRR/5/210
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Joseph Prestwich, regarding a paper 'Theoretical considerations on the conditions under which the (drift) deposits containing the remains of extinct mammalia and flint implements were accumulated, and on their geological age. - On the Loess of the valleys of the South of England, and of the Somme and the Seine' by Joseph Prestwich
Date27 July 1863
DescriptionTwo maps, and plans of three views, could be reproduced in black, but the lines up the valleys could not be included well, unless special distinction is made to aid distinction from the rest of the map.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1864]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0007 Vol.154 1864
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3811Prestwich; Sir; Joseph (1812 - 1896)1812 - 1896
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