Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the deflection of the plumb-line in India, caused by the attraction of the Himalaya mountains and of the elevated regions beyond; and its modification by the compensating effect of a deficiency of matter below the mountain mass' by John Henry Pratt
Reference number: RR/3/221
Date: 21 December 1858
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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper 'seems to form a good sequence in a series of proceeding papers on the disturbance produced by the Indian mountains'.
Subject: Geology
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].
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- RR/3/221
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- 21 December 1858
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the deflection of the plumb-line in India, caused by the attraction of the Himalaya mountains and of the elevated regions beyond; and its modification by the compensating effect of a deficiency of matter below the mountain mass' by John Henry Pratt, 21 December 1858, RR/3/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_221/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-deflection-of-the-plumb-line-in-india-caused-by-the-attraction-of-the-himalaya-mountains-and-of-the-elevated-regions-beyond-and-its-modification-by-the-compensating-effect-of-a-deficiency-of-matter-below-the-mountain-mass-by-john-henry-pratt, accessed on 08 September 2024
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XXIX. On the deflection of the plumb-line in India, caused by the attraction of the Himmalaya mountains and of the elevated regions beyond; and its modification by the compensating effect of a deficiency of matter below the mountain mass External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1859
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0029
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