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Referee's report by the Mathematics Committee, 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/13/246

Date: 03 August 1897

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in full. The authors should consider the remarks of the referees and respond to the criticisms.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1897].

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RR/13/246
Earliest possible date
03 August 1897
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Referee's report by the Mathematics Committee, on a paper 'On the distribution of frequency (variation and correlation) of the barometric height at divers stations' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee, 03 August 1897, RR/13/246, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_246/referees-report-by-the-mathematics-committee-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 25 March 2025

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