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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'very valuable'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

Reference number
RR/4/83
Earliest possible date
25 April 1860
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron-built ships, and a selection of the wood-built steam-ships in Her Majesty's Navy, and the iron steam-ship 'Great Eastern'' by Frederick John Evans, 25 April 1860, RR/4/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_83/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-reduction-and-discussion-of-the-deviations-of-the-compass-observed-on-board-of-all-the-iron-built-ships-and-a-selection-of-the-wood-built-steam-ships-in-her-majestys-navy-and-the-iron-steam-ship-great-eastern-by-frederick-john-evans, accessed on 09 February 2025

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