Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, 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/11/78
Date: 1891
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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The author has undertaken a 'patient investigation' and his laborious work has given good results.
Subject: Astronomy
[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1891].
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- RR/11/78
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- 1891
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- Letter on paper
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Grylls Adams, Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, 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, 1891, RR/11/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_78/referees-report-by-william-grylls-adams-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 09 December 2025
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Date: 31st December 1891
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1891.0014
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Referees' reports: volume 11, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1891-1893 Reference number: RR/11
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