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Referee's report by George Henry Richards, on a paper 'On Meldrum’s rules for handling ships in the Southern Indian Ocean' by Ralph Abercromby

Reference number: RR/10/115

Date: 21 June 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Charles Meldrum. The abstract already published in the Proceedings is sufficient.

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/115
Earliest possible date
21 June 1888
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
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Abercromby; Ralph (1842-1897); meteorologist

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George Henry Richards

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George Henry Richards, Referee's report by George Henry Richards, on a paper 'On Meldrum’s rules for handling ships in the Southern Indian Ocean' by Ralph Abercromby, 21 June 1888, RR/10/115, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_115/referees-report-by-george-henry-richards-on-a-paper-on-meldrums-rules-for-handling-ships-in-the-southern-indian-ocean-by-ralph-abercromby, accessed on 15 January 2026

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