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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The previous paper that this paper is criticising is 'perfectly legitimate'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].

Reference number
RR/9/185
Earliest possible date
15 May 1883
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Couch Adams

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John Couch Adams, Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'The principal cause of the large errors at present existing between the positions of the moon deduced from Hansen’s tables and observation: and the cause of an apparent increase in the secular acceleration in the moon’s mean motion required by Hansen’s tables, or of an apparent change in the time of the earth's rotation' by Edward James Stone, 15 May 1883, RR/9/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_185/referees-report-by-john-couch-adams-on-a-paper-the-principal-cause-of-the-large-errors-at-present-existing-between-the-positions-of-the-moon-deduced-from-hansens-tables-and-observation-and-the-cause-of-an-apparent-increase-in-the-secular-acceleration-in-the-moons-mean-motion-required-by-hansens-tables-or-of-an-apparent-change-in-the-time-of-the-earths-rotation-by-edward-james-stone, accessed on 26 April 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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