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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Astronomical experiment on the peak of Teneriffe, carried out under the sanction of the lords commissioners of the admiralty' by Charles Piazzi Smyth

Reference number: RR/3/254

Date: 02 February 1858

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Suggests the observations be inserted into volume eight of the report: Report on the Teneriffe astronomical experiment of 1856, addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858].

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RR/3/254
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02 February 1858
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Letter on paper
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3 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 'Astronomical experiment on the peak of Teneriffe, carried out under the sanction of the lords commissioners of the admiralty' by Charles Piazzi Smyth, 02 February 1858, RR/3/254, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_254/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-astronomical-experiment-on-the-peak-of-teneriffe-carried-out-under-the-sanction-of-the-lords-commissioners-of-the-admiralty-by-charles-piazzi-smyth, accessed on 14 January 2025

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