Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the results of periodical observations of the positions and distances of nineteen of the stars in Sir John Herschel’s lists of stars, favourably situated for the investigation of parallax, contained in part III. of the Philosophical Transactions for 1826, and part I. 1827' by John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley
Reference number: RR/2/259
Date: 05 March 1851
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Method used is modified version of that published in 1826. Has some criticism of the mathematics used, but this does not detract from the importance of the measurements.
Subject: Astronomy
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
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- RR/2/259
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- 05 March 1851
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- Letter on paper
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Henry Smyth, Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the results of periodical observations of the positions and distances of nineteen of the stars in Sir John Herschel’s lists of stars, favourably situated for the investigation of parallax, contained in part III. of the Philosophical Transactions for 1826, and part I. 1827' by John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley, 05 March 1851, RR/2/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_259/referees-report-by-william-henry-smyth-on-a-paper-on-the-results-of-periodical-observations-of-the-positions-and-distances-of-nineteen-of-the-stars-in-sir-john-herschels-lists-of-stars-favourably-situated-for-the-investigation-of-parallax-contained-in-part-iii-of-the-philosophical-transactions-for-1826-and-part-i-1827-by-john-wrottesley-2nd-baron-wrottesley, accessed on 15 July 2026
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XIII. On the results of periodical observations of the positions and distances of nineteen of the stars in Sir John Herschel’s lists of stars, favourably situated for the investigation of parallax, contained in part III. of the Philosophical Transactions for 1826, and part I. 1827 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1851
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1851.0016
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Referees' reports: volume 2, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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