Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, 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

George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, 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, 01 July 1873, RR/7/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_230/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-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 09 December 2025

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