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Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'On the construction of the new imperial standard pound, and its copies of platinum ; and on the comparison of the imperial standard pound with the kilogramme des archives' by William Hallowes Miller

Reference number: RR/3/200

Date: 25 June 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1856].

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RR/3/200
Earliest possible date
25 June 1856
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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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 construction of the new imperial standard pound, and its copies of platinum ; and on the comparison of the imperial standard pound with the kilogramme des archives' by William Hallowes Miller, 25 June 1856, RR/3/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_200/referees-report-by-edward-sabine-on-a-paper-on-the-construction-of-the-new-imperial-standard-pound-and-its-copies-of-platinum-and-on-the-comparison-of-the-imperial-standard-pound-with-the-kilogramme-des-archives-by-william-hallowes-miller, accessed on 21 May 2025

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