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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Results of the comparisons of the standards of length of England, Austria, Spain, United States, Cape of Good Hope, and of a second Russian standard, made at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. With a preface and notes on the Greek and Egyptian measures of length by Sir Henry James' by Alexander Ross Clarke

Reference number: RR/7/229

Date: 25 June 1873

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a continuation of a previous paper, so ought to be published.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1873].

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RR/7/229
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25 June 1873
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hallowes Miller

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Results of the comparisons of the standards of length of England, Austria, Spain, United States, Cape of Good Hope, and of a second Russian standard, made at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. With a preface and notes on the Greek and Egyptian measures of length by Sir Henry James' by Alexander Ross Clarke, 25 June 1873, RR/7/229, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_229/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-results-of-the-comparisons-of-the-standards-of-length-of-england-austria-spain-united-states-cape-of-good-hope-and-of-a-second-russian-standard-made-at-the-ordnance-survey-office-southampton-with-a-preface-and-notes-on-the-greek-and-egyptian-measures-of-length-by-sir-henry-james-by-alexander-ross-clarke, accessed on 06 February 2025

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