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Referee's report by Alexander Buchan, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry Dines

Reference number: RR/16/109

Date: June 1903

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings, and strongly recommends that it be published in full. Much care and skill are shown in designing and carrying out the work, and besides the full paper will be useful in carrying on similar work. Has no modifications to suggest. Recommends that the accompanying illustrations are reproduced in Proceedings. No general remarks given.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions A, 1904].

Endorsed on verso as received 11 June 1903.

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Alexander Buchan, Referee's report by Alexander Buchan, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry Dines, June 1903, RR/16/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_109/referees-report-by-alexander-buchan-on-a-paper-meteorological-observations-by-the-use-of-kites-off-the-west-coast-of-scotland-1902-by-william-napier-shaw-and-william-henry-dines, accessed on 15 September 2024

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