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Referee's report by Edward Sabine, 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/2/72

Date: 22 March 1853

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding extra notice to the years and months which differed most from the average.

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/72
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22 March 1853
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Referee's report by Edward Sabine, 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, 22 March 1853, RR/2/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_72/referees-report-by-edward-sabine-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 14 December 2024

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