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Letter from Karl Pearson, on his paper with Alice Lee 'On the distribution of frequency (variation and correlation) of the barometric height at divers stations' to the Chairman of the Mathematical Committee

Reference number: RR/13/247

Date: 24 August 1897

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He has read the referee's remarks, but is unsure of what action to take. Asks if it would be possible to withdraw the paper with a view to publish it in a meteorological journal instead.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1897].

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RR/13/247
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24 August 1897
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Letter from Karl Pearson, on his paper with Alice Lee 'On the distribution of frequency (variation and correlation) of the barometric height at divers stations' to the Chairman of the Mathematical Committee, 24 August 1897, RR/13/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_247/letter-from-karl-pearson-on-his-paper-with-alice-lee-on-the-distribution-of-frequency-variation-and-correlation-of-the-barometric-height-at-divers-stations-to-the-chairman-of-the-mathematical-committee, accessed on 23 June 2025

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