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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on two papers 'On the tides of the Arctic Seas. - Part IV. On the tides of Northumberland sound, at the Northern outlet Wellington channel' and 'On the tides of the arctic seas. - Part V. On the tides of refuge cove, wellington channel' by Samuel Haughton

Reference number: RR/7/379

Date: 16 June 1875

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Referee has not found 'anything else distinctly faulty' in the papers. The paper is 'rather complicated'.

Subject: Astronomy/Geology

[Both papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/379
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16 June 1875
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2 pages
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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on two papers 'On the tides of the Arctic Seas. - Part IV. On the tides of Northumberland sound, at the Northern outlet Wellington channel' and 'On the tides of the arctic seas. - Part V. On the tides of refuge cove, wellington channel' by Samuel Haughton, 16 June 1875, RR/7/379, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_379/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-two-papers-on-the-tides-of-the-arctic-seas-part-iv-on-the-tides-of-northumberland-sound-at-the-northern-outlet-wellington-channel-and-on-the-tides-of-the-arctic-seas-part-v-on-the-tides-of-refuge-cove-wellington-channel-by-samuel-haughton, accessed on 07 December 2025

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