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Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'An account of a protracting pocket sextant' by E Bainbridge

Reference number: RR/1/6

Date: 10 July 1845

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it is 'not of sufficient importance'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].

Reference number
RR/1/6
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10 July 1845
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Smyth

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William Henry Smyth, Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'An account of a protracting pocket sextant' by E Bainbridge, 10 July 1845, RR/1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_6/referees-report-by-william-henry-smyth-on-a-paper-an-account-of-a-protracting-pocket-sextant-by-e-bainbridge, accessed on 03 December 2024

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