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Referee's report by William Whewell and John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On an inequality of long period in the motions of the Earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/1/2

Date: 12 January 1832

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Referees state that, 'We regard this paper as the first specific improvement in the Solar Tables made by an Englishman since the time of Halley'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1832].

Reference number
RR/1/2
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12 January 1832
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Letter on paper
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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William Whewell

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John William Lubbock

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William Whewell, John William Lubbock, Referee's report by William Whewell and John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On an inequality of long period in the motions of the Earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy, 12 January 1832, RR/1/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_2/referees-report-by-william-whewell-and-john-william-lubbock-on-a-paper-on-an-inequality-of-long-period-in-the-motions-of-the-earth-and-venus-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 13 September 2024

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    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.

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