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Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Reduction of anemograms taken at the armagh observatory in the years 1857-63' by Thomas Romney Robinson

Reference number: RR/7/399

Date: 15 July 1875

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. His method of ecperiment is 'very good' and his observations are 'very important'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/399
Earliest possible date
15 July 1875
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Balfour Stewart

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Balfour Stewart, Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Reduction of anemograms taken at the armagh observatory in the years 1857-63' by Thomas Romney Robinson, 15 July 1875, RR/7/399, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_399/referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-reduction-of-anemograms-taken-at-the-armagh-observatory-in-the-years-1857-63-by-thomas-romney-robinson, accessed on 19 March 2025

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