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IN two paragraphs in the News and Views columns of NATURE of September 18, a lecture on “Rivers”, delivered in connexion with the recent meeting of the British Association by Mr. R. Kay Gresswell, was summarized. A statement made in this report requires comment on the ground that, while undoubtedly representing a view held by a considerable number of competent geographers, geologists, and others, it is at variance with the facts as established experimentally many years ago by the late Prof. James Thomson.
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CUNNINGHAM, B. River Flow around Bends. Nature 140, 728–729 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140728b0
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