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Referee's report by Edward James Stone, on a paper 'Mean time sundial' by Oliver

Reference number: RR/13/90

Date: 28 January 1896

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The dials do not contain much value and he has forwarded the results that he obtained. It could be published in the Philosophical Magazine instead.

Subject: Astronomy

[Not published].

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RR/13/90
Earliest possible date
28 January 1896
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward James Stone

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Edward James Stone, Referee's report by Edward James Stone, on a paper 'Mean time sundial' by Oliver, 28 January 1896, RR/13/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_90/referees-report-by-edward-james-stone-on-a-paper-mean-time-sundial-by-oliver, accessed on 11 February 2026

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