Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Of such ellipsoids, consisting of homogeneous matter, as are capable of having the resultant of the attraction of the mass upon a particle in the surface, and a centrifugal force caused by re­volving about one of the axes, made perpendicular to the surface' by James Ivory

Reference number: RR/1/120

Date: 10 February 1838

Description

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as is not an original memoir and is more like a 'commentary on upon an original memoir'. There is a part of the paper which is 'redundant'.

Subject: Astronomy/Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1837].

Reference number
RR/1/120
Earliest possible date
10 February 1838
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Biddell Airy

View page for George Biddell Airy

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Of such ellipsoids, consisting of homogeneous matter, as are capable of having the resultant of the attraction of the mass upon a particle in the surface, and a centrifugal force caused by re­volving about one of the axes, made perpendicular to the surface' by James Ivory, 10 February 1838, RR/1/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_120/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-of-such-ellipsoids-consisting-of-homogeneous-matter-as-are-capable-of-having-the-resultant-of-the-attraction-of-the-mass-upon-a-particle-in-the-surface-and-a-centrifugal-force-caused-by-revolving-about-one-of-the-axes-made-perpendicular-to-the-surface-by-james-ivory, accessed on 03 December 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_120/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-of-such-ellipsoids-consisting-of-homogeneous-matter-as-are-capable-of-having-the-resultant-of-the-attraction-of-the-mass-upon-a-particle-in-the-surface-and-a-centrifugal-force-caused-by-revolving-about-one-of-the-axes-made-perpendicular-to-the-surface-by-james-ivory

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_1_120/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-of-such-ellipsoids-consisting-of-homogeneous-matter-as-are-capable-of-having-the-resultant-of-the-attraction-of-the-mass-upon-a-particle-in-the-surface-and-a-centrifugal-force-caused-by-revolving-about-one-of-the-axes-made-perpendicular-to-the-surface-by-james-ivory" title="Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Of such ellipsoids, consisting of homogeneous matter, as are capable of having the resultant of the attraction of the mass upon a particle in the surface, and a centrifugal force caused by re­volving about one of the axes, made perpendicular to the surface' by James Ivory" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    Date: 1832-1954

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    View collection