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Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'On a determination of the mean density of the Earth and the gravitation constant by means of the common balance' by John Henry Poynting

Reference number: RR/11/77

Date: 10 August 1891

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He should add additional information about the experiment.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1891].

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RR/11/77
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10 August 1891
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Vernon Boys, Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'On a determination of the mean density of the Earth and the gravitation constant by means of the common balance' by John Henry Poynting, 10 August 1891, RR/11/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_77/referees-report-by-charles-vernon-boys-on-a-paper-on-a-determination-of-the-mean-density-of-the-earth-and-the-gravitation-constant-by-means-of-the-common-balance-by-john-henry-poynting, accessed on 24 April 2025

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