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Referee's report by Francis Baily, on a paper 'Proposal for a new method of determining the longitude, by an absolute altitude of the moon' by John Christian Bowring

Reference number: RR/1/28

Date: 31 March 1838

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Not recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions, as the author claims they are usuing a new method, but 'it was proposed by Leadbetter a hundred years ago'.

Subject: Astronomy

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

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RR/1/28
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31 March 1838
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Baily

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Francis Baily, Referee's report by Francis Baily, on a paper 'Proposal for a new method of determining the longitude, by an absolute altitude of the moon' by John Christian Bowring, 31 March 1838, RR/1/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_28/referees-report-by-francis-baily-on-a-paper-proposal-for-a-new-method-of-determining-the-longitude-by-an-absolute-altitude-of-the-moon-by-john-christian-bowring, accessed on 17 January 2025

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