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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the Tides of the Arctic Seas.— Part II. The semidiurnal Tides of port leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton

Reference number: RR/5/109

Date: 19 December 1862

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper coninues an earlier one regarding diurnal tides at the same location [Philosophical Transactions doi:10.1098/rstl.1863.0011 Vol.153 1863]. The large diagram is not needed in the publication, but should be present in the Royal Society's apartments. Suggests the author be asked to write a note explaining his methods for producing the diagram.

Has sent the paper by 'Book Post to W White [William Henry White?]'.

Subject: Meteorology, Astronomy

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1863]

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RR/5/109
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19 December 1862
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the Tides of the Arctic Seas.— Part II. The semidiurnal Tides of port leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton, 19 December 1862, RR/5/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_109/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-tides-of-the-arctic-seas-part-ii-the-semidiurnal-tides-of-port-leopold-north-somerset-by-samuel-haughton, accessed on 05 October 2024

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