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The Late Mr. Pengelly, F.R.S., and the Age of the Bovey Lignite

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HAVING enjoyed the inestimable privilege of the acquaintance, and latterly of the friendship, of the late Mr. Pengelly, for nearly forty years, I ask permission to make a few remarks on Mr. Starkie Gardner's letter on the Bovey beds, which appears in your issue of the 12th inst. (NATURE, vol. xlix. p. 554).

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HUNT, A. The Late Mr. Pengelly, F.R.S., and the Age of the Bovey Lignite. Nature 49, 600–601 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049600a0

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