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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' by Cargill Gilston Knott

Reference number: RR/13/51

Date: 1896

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The author has not made the correct distinction between moon distance and earthquake frequency.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1896].

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RR/13/51
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1896
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Schuster

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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' by Cargill Gilston Knott, 1896, RR/13/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_51/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-on-lunar-periodicities-in-earthquake-frequency-by-cargill-gilston-knott, accessed on 13 October 2024

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