Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the attraction of the Himalaya Mountains, and of the elevated regions beyond them, upon the plumb-line in India' by John Henry Pratt
Reference number: RR/2/193
Date: 26 December 1854
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the last part, concerning the removal of discrepancies, to have failed totally. Returns manuscript to W Weld.
Subject: Geology
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
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- RR/2/193
- Earliest possible date
- 26 December 1854
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- Letter on paper
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the attraction of the Himalaya Mountains, and of the elevated regions beyond them, upon the plumb-line in India' by John Henry Pratt, 26 December 1854, RR/2/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_193/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-attraction-of-the-himalaya-mountains-and-of-the-elevated-regions-beyond-them-upon-the-plumb-line-in-india-by-john-henry-pratt, accessed on 17 January 2025
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DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1855.0002
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Referees' reports: volume 2, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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