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Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the distribution of frequency (variation and correlation) of the barometric height at divers stations' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee

Reference number: RR/13/241

Date: 28 June 1897

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in full. The word 'diverse' should be changed to 'divers'. The paper is statistically interesting, although the observations may not being sued in the best way.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1897].

Reference number
RR/13/241
Earliest possible date
28 June 1897
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the distribution of frequency (variation and correlation) of the barometric height at divers stations' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee, 28 June 1897, RR/13/241, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_241/referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-on-the-distribution-of-frequency-variation-and-correlation-of-the-barometric-height-at-divers-stations-by-karl-pearson-and-alice-lee, accessed on 03 December 2024

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