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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the evolution of our galactic system' by Alexander William Bickerton

Reference number: RR/24/9

Date: March 1917

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Considers the theory put forward by the paper to be highly speculative. The author has asked for, and been provided with, the referee's criticisms.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 28 March 1917.

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RR/24/9
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March 1917
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Stanley Eddington

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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the evolution of our galactic system' by Alexander William Bickerton, March 1917, RR/24/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_24_9/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-on-the-evolution-of-our-galactic-system-by-alexander-william-bickerton, accessed on 15 September 2024

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