Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'Sur la théorie de I'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple, et son application à la recherche de I'aplatissement du sphéroide terrestre' by M Oliveira [Baptiste d'Oliveira on index card]
Reference number: RR/2/61
Date: 19 March 1854
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Cannot form an opinion regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Believes the previous reviewer has not completed their task to the fullest manner.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
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- RR/2/61
- Earliest possible date
- 19 March 1854
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Joseph Sylvester, Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'Sur la théorie de I'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple, et son application à la recherche de I'aplatissement du sphéroide terrestre' by M Oliveira [Baptiste d'Oliveira on index card], 19 March 1854, RR/2/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_61/referees-report-by-james-joseph-sylvester-on-a-paper-sur-la-théorie-de-iorientation-du-plan-oscillatoire-du-pendule-simple-et-son-application-à-la-recherche-de-iaplatissement-du-sphéroide-terrestre-by-m-oliveira-baptiste-doliveira-on-index-card, accessed on 19 July 2026
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Sur la théorie de I'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple, et son application à la recherche de I'aplatissement du sphéroide terrestre External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1854
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0142
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Unpublished paper, 'Sur la théorie de l'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple: et son application à la recherche d'aplatissement du sphéroïde terrestre' [On the theory of the orientation of the oscillatory plane of the simple pendulum: and its application to the search for flattening of the terrestrial spheroid] by Cândido Baptista d'Oliveira
Creator: Cândido Baptista d'Oliveira Reference number: AP/34/18
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