Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general Table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by George Biddell Airy
Reference number: RR/3/3
Date: 1855
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Recommended for publication in the '[Philosophical] Transactions of the Royal Society'.
Referee states that 'the name of the author is a sufficient warrant for...whatever may come from his hands' and it is a 'very important addition to that [paper] printed in 1839'. [doi:10.1098/rstl.1839.0014]
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1856]
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- RR/3/3
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- 1855
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- 7 pages
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George Peacock, Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general Table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by George Biddell Airy, 1855, RR/3/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_3/referees-report-by-george-peacock-on-a-paper-discussion-of-the-observed-deviations-of-the-compass-in-several-ships-wood-built-and-iron-built-with-a-general-table-for-facilitating-the-examination-of-compass-deviations-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 19 June 2025
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Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1856.0007
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Paper, 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by G B [George Biddell] Airy
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: PT/52/4
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 3, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1855-1858 Reference number: RR/3
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