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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the deflection of the plumb-line at Arthur's seat, and the mean specific gravity of the earth' by Colonel H James

Reference number: RR/3/151

Date: 20 March 1836

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Recommended for publication in [Philosophical] Transactions. The council should ask James to alter a specific mathematical equation.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1856].

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RR/3/151
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20 March 1836
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the deflection of the plumb-line at Arthur's seat, and the mean specific gravity of the earth' by Colonel H James, 20 March 1836, RR/3/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_151/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-deflection-of-the-plumb-line-at-arthurs-seat-and-the-mean-specific-gravity-of-the-earth-by-colonel-h-james, accessed on 08 September 2024

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