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Referee's report by William Snow Harris, on an unnamed paper about thunder storms by Edward Lowe

Reference number: RR/1/158

Date: 07 August 1850

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Although the paper is 'valuable and interesting', it is 'only a detail of observations without any discussion of them'.

Subject: Meteorology

[Not published in Philosophical Transactions].

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RR/1/158
Earliest possible date
07 August 1850
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Snow Harris

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William Snow Harris, Referee's report by William Snow Harris, on an unnamed paper about thunder storms by Edward Lowe, 07 August 1850, RR/1/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_158/referees-report-by-william-snow-harris-on-an-unnamed-paper-about-thunder-storms-by-edward-lowe, accessed on 12 June 2026

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