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Referee's report by John Milne, on a paper 'On the propagation of earthquake motion to great distances' by Richard Dixon Oldham

Reference number: RR/14/211

Date: July 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', but not as a whole. Suggests adding a statement of intent and results. Suggests referring the paper to Cargill Gilston Knott.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 5 July 1899.

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RR/14/211
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July 1899
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2 pages
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John Milne, Referee's report by John Milne, on a paper 'On the propagation of earthquake motion to great distances' by Richard Dixon Oldham, July 1899, RR/14/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_211/referees-report-by-john-milne-on-a-paper-on-the-propagation-of-earthquake-motion-to-great-distances-by-richard-dixon-oldham, accessed on 14 January 2025

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