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Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the eclipses of Agathocles, Thales and Xerxes' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/2/206

Date: 26 February 1853

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to similar previous work by Francis Baily in the Philosophical Transactions for 1811.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/206
Earliest possible date
26 February 1853
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Smyth

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William Henry Smyth, Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the eclipses of Agathocles, Thales and Xerxes' by George Biddell Airy, 26 February 1853, RR/2/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_206/referees-report-by-william-henry-smyth-on-a-paper-on-the-eclipses-of-agathocles-thales-and-xerxes-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 16 January 2025

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