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Letter from Cargill Gilston Knott, to Arthur William Rucker, regarding a paper 'On the propagation of earthquake motion to great distances' by Richard Dixon Oldham

Reference number: RR/14/214

Date: 27 July 1899

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Has had difficulty in reviewing the paper. It is a worthy paper, but is not sure if it lives up to the standards of the Philosophical Transactions. Does not currently have access to the journals as reference in style and standards.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 29 July 1899.

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RR/14/214
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27 July 1899
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1 page
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Cargill Gilston Knott, Letter from Cargill Gilston Knott, to Arthur William Rucker, regarding a paper 'On the propagation of earthquake motion to great distances' by Richard Dixon Oldham, 27 July 1899, RR/14/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_214/letter-from-cargill-gilston-knott-to-arthur-william-rucker-regarding-a-paper-on-the-propagation-of-earthquake-motion-to-great-distances-by-richard-dixon-oldham, accessed on 19 June 2025

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