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

Reference number: RR/14/212

Date: 15 July 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests some minor changes to the order of names referenced. Refers to work of François Félix Tisserand.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 July 1899.

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RR/14/212
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15 July 1899
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George Howard Darwin, Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the propagation of earthquake motion to great distances' by Richard Dixon Oldham, 15 July 1899, RR/14/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_212/referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-on-the-propagation-of-earthquake-motion-to-great-distances-by-richard-dixon-oldham, accessed on 10 November 2025

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