Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, 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
Reference number: RR/9/186
Date: 23 May 1883
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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Apologises for not producing a full report on the paper, as he has been 'so much pressed for the last week'. There is 'no room' for the paper in Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Astronomy
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].
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- RR/9/186
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- 23 May 1883
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William Henry Mahoney Christie, Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, 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, 23 May 1883, RR/9/186, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_186/referees-report-by-william-henry-mahoney-christie-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 09 October 2024
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I. 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 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1883
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0023
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Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, 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
Creator: William Henry Mahoney Christie Reference number: RR/9/186
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