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Sectional committee: Physics

Paper reference code: A168

Not recommended for publication. Bullard remarks on the reasons this paper is not suitable for publication by the Royal Society, but hopes it will not be rejected on his opinion alone, and be sent to another referee as his 'acquaintance with the subject is somewhat superficial'.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1951].

Date received not given.

Reference number
RR/73/217
Earliest possible date
28 September 1950
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Edward Crisp Bullard

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Edward Crisp Bullard, Referee's report by Edward Crisp Bullard, on a paper 'The geodetic uses of gravity measurements and appropriate reduction' by James de Graff Hunter, 28 September 1950, RR/73/217, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_73_217/referees-report-by-edward-crisp-bullard-on-a-paper-the-geodetic-uses-of-gravity-measurements-and-appropriate-reduction-by-james-de-graff-hunter, accessed on 12 May 2026

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