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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the possible ellipticity of Saturn's ring' by G R Goldbrough

Reference number: RR/30/54

Date: July 1924

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Is 'not sufficiently familiar with the subject to follow the analysis in detail. My general impression is favourable'.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1924]

Endorsed on verso as received 9 July 1924.

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RR/30/54
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July 1924
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4 pages
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Arthur Stanley Eddington

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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the possible ellipticity of Saturn's ring' by G R Goldbrough, July 1924, RR/30/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_30_54/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-on-the-possible-ellipticity-of-saturns-ring-by-g-r-goldbrough, accessed on 14 June 2026

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