Item A8 - Letter from Dr. William Aitken, Glasgow, to John Hutton Balfour

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GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/A/A8

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Letter from Dr. William Aitken, Glasgow, to John Hutton Balfour

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  • 1853 (Creation)

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Balfour, Professor John Hutton
(1808-1884)

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

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William Aitken encloses a specimen of Scalariform tissue from the Torbane Hill coal seam. He has been examining various samples of coals and stratified rocks since he saw Balfour and is now even more certain that the stratified slices of Cannel coal are NOT vegetable matter but are in the structure of the coal. He wishes Balfour success in demolishing Bennett and would enjoy hearing it when it takes place.

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      royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-4.pdf

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