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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on an untraced paper about measuring distance, by Bowman

Reference number: RR/1bis/12

Date: 23 August 1844

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The method is ingenious, but not new. Refers to work by Ertel [?].

Subject: Physics

[Publication status unknown - paper untraced]

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RR/1bis/12
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23 August 1844
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hallowes Miller

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on an untraced paper about measuring distance, by Bowman, 23 August 1844, RR/1bis/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_12/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-an-untraced-paper-about-measuring-distance-by-bowman, accessed on 19 September 2024

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