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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper [attributed] 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' by Luke Howard

Reference number: RR/1bis/28

Date: 16 February 1841

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has undertaken a statistical probability of the results being correct. Suggests adding a detailed description of the instruments.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Meteorology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Reference number
RR/1bis/28
Earliest possible date
16 February 1841
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper [attributed] 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' by Luke Howard, 16 February 1841, RR/1bis/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_28/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-attributed-on-a-cycle-of-eighteen-years-in-the-mean-annual-height-of-the-barometer-in-the-climate-of-london-and-on-a-constant-variation-of-the-barometrical-mean-according-to-the-moons-declination-by-luke-howard, accessed on 13 February 2025

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