Referee's report by James Challis on a paper 'Account of experiments made at Holyhead (North Wales) to ascertain the transit-velocity of waves, analogous to earthquake waves, through the local rock formations' by Robert Mallet
Reference number: RR/4/166
Date: 27 July 1861
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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Geology
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861].
- Reference number
- RR/4/166
- Earliest possible date
- 27 July 1861
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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James Challis, Referee's report by James Challis on a paper 'Account of experiments made at Holyhead (North Wales) to ascertain the transit-velocity of waves, analogous to earthquake waves, through the local rock formations' by Robert Mallet, 27 July 1861, RR/4/166, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_166/referees-report-by-james-challis-on-a-paper-account-of-experiments-made-at-holyhead-north-wales-to-ascertain-the-transit-velocity-of-waves-analogous-to-earthquake-waves-through-the-local-rock-formations-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 15 July 2026
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XXVII. Account of experiments made at Holyhead (North Wales) to ascertain the transit-velocity of waves, analogous to earthquake waves, through the local rock formations External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1861
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0028
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 4, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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