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Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'Account of the construction of the new national standard of length, and of its principal copies' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/3/7

Date: 21 September 1857

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. He has no hesitation in expressing his opinion and it should be printed.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1857]

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RR/3/7
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21 September 1857
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Letter on Paper
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3 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 'Account of the construction of the new national standard of length, and of its principal copies' by George Biddell Airy, 21 September 1857, RR/3/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_7/referees-report-by-edward-sabine-on-a-paper-account-of-the-construction-of-the-new-national-standard-of-length-and-of-its-principal-copies-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 21 June 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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