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Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On depressions of the wet-bulb thermometer during the hot season at Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan' by William Henry Sykes

Reference number: RR/2/236

Date: 01 October 1851

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considered one of the methods employed to be erroneous. Refers to similar work at the Kew Observatory my Francis Ronalds, and theory by Dr Apjolin [?].

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/2/236
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01 October 1851
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphrey Lloyd

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Humphrey Lloyd, Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On depressions of the wet-bulb thermometer during the hot season at Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan' by William Henry Sykes, 01 October 1851, RR/2/236, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_236/referees-report-by-humphrey-lloyd-on-a-paper-on-depressions-of-the-wet-bulb-thermometer-during-the-hot-season-at-ahmednuggur-in-the-deccan-by-william-henry-sykes, accessed on 18 March 2025

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