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Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On pendulum observations at Kew & Greenwich' by Gerald Ponsonby Lenox-Conyngham

Reference number: RR/16/334

Date: 04 July 1905

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Sectional Committee: not stated.

Recommends that the paper be accepted for consideration. The abstract is sufficient and he expects to be able to make his report on the paper by the 14th, as Harrison requested.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1906].

Endorsed on recto as received 5 July 1905.

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RR/16/334
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04 July 1905
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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William Davidson Niven

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William Davidson Niven, Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On pendulum observations at Kew & Greenwich' by Gerald Ponsonby Lenox-Conyngham, 04 July 1905, RR/16/334, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_334/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-on-pendulum-observations-at-kew-greenwich-by-gerald-ponsonby-lenox-conyngham, accessed on 15 September 2024

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