Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the effect of local attraction upon the plumb-line at stations on the English Arc of the Meridian, between Dunnose and Burleigh Moor; and a method computing its amount' by John Henry Pratt
Reference number: RR/3/220
Date: 18 October 1855
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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a good paper, 'useful in its general character and interesting in its special application'.
Subject: Geology
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1856].
- Reference number
- RR/3/220
- Earliest possible date
- 18 October 1855
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the effect of local attraction upon the plumb-line at stations on the English Arc of the Meridian, between Dunnose and Burleigh Moor; and a method computing its amount' by John Henry Pratt, 18 October 1855, RR/3/220, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_220/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-effect-of-local-attraction-upon-the-plumb-line-at-stations-on-the-english-arc-of-the-meridian-between-dunnose-and-burleigh-moor-and-a-method-computing-its-amount-by-john-henry-pratt, accessed on 13 June 2025
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Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1856.0006
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