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Referee's report by Joseph Proudman, on a paper 'The figure of the earth from gravity observations and the precision obtainable' by James de Graaff-Hunter

Reference number: RR/53/136

Date: January 1935

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Whilst not familiar with recent work on the subject, has no doubt the observations are new.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 10 January 1935.

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RR/53/136
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January 1935
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Joseph Proudman, Referee's report by Joseph Proudman, on a paper 'The figure of the earth from gravity observations and the precision obtainable' by James de Graaff-Hunter, January 1935, RR/53/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_53_136/referees-report-by-joseph-proudman-on-a-paper-the-figure-of-the-earth-from-gravity-observations-and-the-precision-obtainable-by-james-de-graaff-hunter, accessed on 20 January 2026

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