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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The deductions into Foucault's pendulum do not take the 'essential dynamical conditions' into account.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/2/62
Earliest possible date
15 March 1854
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Baden Powell

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Baden Powell, Referee's report by Baden Powell, 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], 15 March 1854, RR/2/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_62/referees-report-by-baden-powell-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 23 April 2025

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