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Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'Tables of temperatures of the sea at different depths beneath the surface, reduced and collated from the various observations made between the years 1749 and 1868, discussed. With map and sections' by Joseph Prestwich

Reference number: RR/7/334

Date: 17 June 1874

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. It is 'an elaborate and very careful review of all that has been done in the matter of deep sea temperature observations'. It is 'rather long', but the referee doesn't feel justified suggesting it should be condensed.

Subject: Meteorology / Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/334
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17 June 1874
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Strachey

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Richard Strachey, Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'Tables of temperatures of the sea at different depths beneath the surface, reduced and collated from the various observations made between the years 1749 and 1868, discussed. With map and sections' by Joseph Prestwich, 17 June 1874, RR/7/334, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_334/referees-report-by-richard-strachey-on-a-paper-tables-of-temperatures-of-the-sea-at-different-depths-beneath-the-surface-reduced-and-collated-from-the-various-observations-made-between-the-years-1749-and-1868-discussed-with-map-and-sections-by-joseph-prestwich, accessed on 15 October 2024

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