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Referee's report by William Hopkins, 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/2/194

Date: 31 January 1855

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the conclusion to be the correct one.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/2/194
Earliest possible date
31 January 1855
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Hopkins

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William Hopkins, Referee's report by William Hopkins, 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, 31 January 1855, RR/2/194, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_194/referees-report-by-william-hopkins-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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