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Referee's report by William Henry Sykes, on a paper 'On the meteorology of the Lake District of Cumberland and Westmoreland, including the results of experiments on the fall of rain at various heights, up to 3166 feet above the sea-level.—Fourth paper, for the year 1850' by John Fletcher Miller

Reference number: RR/2/159

Date: 26 July 1851

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Agrees with conclusion of John Phillips [RR/2/158]. Suggests suspending new publications on these lines, until the author has accumulated a larger dataset for publication.

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/159
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26 July 1851
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Sykes

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William Henry Sykes, Referee's report by William Henry Sykes, on a paper 'On the meteorology of the Lake District of Cumberland and Westmoreland, including the results of experiments on the fall of rain at various heights, up to 3166 feet above the sea-level.—Fourth paper, for the year 1850' by John Fletcher Miller, 26 July 1851, RR/2/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_159/referees-report-by-william-henry-sykes-on-a-paper-on-the-meteorology-of-the-lake-district-of-cumberland-and-westmoreland-including-the-results-of-experiments-on-the-fall-of-rain-at-various-heights-up-to-3166-feet-above-the-sea-levelfourth-paper-for-the-year-1850-by-john-fletcher-miller, accessed on 06 December 2024

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