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Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight

Reference number: RR/9/21

Date: 04 March 1882

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He has spotted some 'serious instances of careless editing and inaccuracies' that must rectified prior to publication..

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1882].

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RR/9/21
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04 March 1882
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Enfield Roscoe

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Henry Enfield Roscoe, Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight, 04 March 1882, RR/9/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_21/referees-report-by-henry-enfield-roscoe-on-a-paper-report-of-an-examination-of-the-meteorites-of-cranbourne-in-australia-of-rowton-in-shropshire-and-of-middlesbrough-in-yorkshire-by-walter-flight, accessed on 15 September 2024

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