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Referee's report by Edward James Stone on a paper 'Monthly means of the highest and lowest diurnal tem­peratures of the water of the Thames, and comparison with the corresponding temperatures of the air at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/9/1

Date: 28 October 1882

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Recommended for publication in Proceedings, as there is 'nothing whatsoever in this paper to justify it's publication in the Transactions'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1882].

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RR/9/1
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28 October 1882
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward James Stone

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Edward James Stone, Referee's report by Edward James Stone on a paper 'Monthly means of the highest and lowest diurnal tem­peratures of the water of the Thames, and comparison with the corresponding temperatures of the air at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich' by George Biddell Airy, 28 October 1882, RR/9/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_1/referees-report-by-edward-james-stone-on-a-paper-monthly-means-of-the-highest-and-lowest-diurnal-temperatures-of-the-water-of-the-thames-and-comparison-with-the-corresponding-temperatures-of-the-air-at-the-royal-observatory-greenwich-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 15 May 2025

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