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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the constitution of the solid crust of the Earth' by Archdeacon John Henry Pratt

Reference number: RR/7/48

Date: 27 December 1870

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The subject of the paper is 'worked out with a very considerable degree of completeness'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871].

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RR/7/48
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27 December 1870
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the constitution of the solid crust of the Earth' by Archdeacon John Henry Pratt, 27 December 1870, RR/7/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_48/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-constitution-of-the-solid-crust-of-the-earth-by-archdeacon-john-henry-pratt, accessed on 15 March 2025

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