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Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On the determination of the mean temperature of every day in the year, as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the years from 1814 to 1851' by James Glaisher

Reference number: RR/2/71

Date: 23 February 1853

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Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The method used is not the best or most accurate, but does not need to be recalculated.

Subject: Meteorology

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

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RR/2/71
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23 February 1853
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Letter on paper
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4 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 the determination of the mean temperature of every day in the year, as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the years from 1814 to 1851' by James Glaisher, 23 February 1853, RR/2/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_71/referees-report-by-humphrey-lloyd-on-a-paper-on-the-determination-of-the-mean-temperature-of-every-day-in-the-year-as-deduced-from-the-observations-taken-at-the-royal-observatory-greenwich-in-the-years-from-1814-to-1851-by-james-glaisher, accessed on 19 January 2025

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