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Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the grand currents of atmospheric circulation' by James Thomson

Reference number: RR/11/211

Date: 16 April 1892

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.The paper seems 'purely speculative' and the facts contained within it are based on 'imperfect and misleading generalizations'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

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RR/11/211
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16 April 1892
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Report on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Strachey

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Richard Strachey, Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the grand currents of atmospheric circulation' by James Thomson, 16 April 1892, RR/11/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_211/referees-report-by-richard-strachey-on-the-bakerian-lecture-on-the-grand-currents-of-atmospheric-circulation-by-james-thomson, accessed on 22 January 2025

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