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Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on an unnamed paper by Demouville

Reference number: RR/1/55

Date: 25 December 1838

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The author 'descends to ridicule' and is 'unintelligible'. He wrongly believes the the Earth stands still - the referee complains about there being sixty pages on this belief.

Subject: Astronomy

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/1/55
Earliest possible date
25 December 1838
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Henry Smyth

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William Henry Smyth, Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on an unnamed paper by Demouville, 25 December 1838, RR/1/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_55/referees-report-by-william-henry-smyth-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-demouville, accessed on 23 April 2025

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