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Referee's report by William Snow Harris, on a paper 'Barometrical observations, showing the effect of the direction of the wind on the difference between distant barometers' by Lieutenant Colonel Philip James Yorke

Reference number: RR/1/268

Date: 1837

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although the referee isn't sure if the subject matter suits this publication.

Subject: Meteorology

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

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RR/1/268
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1837
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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William Snow Harris

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William Snow Harris, Referee's report by William Snow Harris, on a paper 'Barometrical observations, showing the effect of the direction of the wind on the difference between distant barometers' by Lieutenant Colonel Philip James Yorke, 1837, RR/1/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_268/referees-report-by-william-snow-harris-on-a-paper-barometrical-observations-showing-the-effect-of-the-direction-of-the-wind-on-the-difference-between-distant-barometers-by-lieutenant-colonel-philip-james-yorke, accessed on 06 June 2026

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