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Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'Report of the observations of the total solar eclipse of August 29, 1886, made at the Island of Carriacou' by Stephen Joseph Perry and Lieutenant J Masterman

Reference number: RR/10/70

Date: 19 August 1887

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' on it's own, but might be published along with the other reports of the eclipse. Suggests the paper be deferred until the drawings are complete. Until then, the full abstract already published in the Proceedings covers the paper well.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/70
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19 August 1887
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Mahoney Christie

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William Henry Mahoney Christie, Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'Report of the observations of the total solar eclipse of August 29, 1886, made at the Island of Carriacou' by Stephen Joseph Perry and Lieutenant J Masterman, 19 August 1887, RR/10/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_70/referees-report-by-william-henry-mahoney-christie-on-a-paper-report-of-the-observations-of-the-total-solar-eclipse-of-august-29-1886-made-at-the-island-of-carriacou-by-stephen-joseph-perry-and-lieutenant-j-masterman, accessed on 17 March 2025

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