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RefNoRR/8/185
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Joseph Prestwich, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period' by Joseph Prestwich
Date11 September 1879
DescriptionHas been in touch with Walter White, as the rough sketches will require drawing up by the artist, who will also require further instruction after the size has been reduced from the Ordnance Survey. Will soon be travelling to France and will not return until October.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0077 Vol.170 1879
RelatedRecordRR/8/182
RR/8/183
RR/8/184
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3811Prestwich; Sir; Joseph (1812 - 1896)1812 - 1896
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
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