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Referee's report by Samuel Haughton, on a paper 'On the tides of Bombay and Kurrachee' by William Parkes

Reference number: RR/6/213

Date: 20 August 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests a revision to the equations to account for discrepancies. Suggests further researches may differentiate between tides caused by the sun and moon.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/213
Earliest possible date
20 August 1868
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Haughton

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Samuel Haughton, Referee's report by Samuel Haughton, on a paper 'On the tides of Bombay and Kurrachee' by William Parkes, 20 August 1868, RR/6/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_213/referees-report-by-samuel-haughton-on-a-paper-on-the-tides-of-bombay-and-kurrachee-by-william-parkes, accessed on 17 July 2025

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