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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, 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 to the author

Reference number: RR/9/22

Date: 14 March 1882

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The paper contains references to researches carried out by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, from when the author worked as his assistant. He intended to resume these researches, thus it would be 'proper to leave it to Mr Maskelyne to say when and in what manner they should be published'. The passage should perhaps be withdrawn.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1882].

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RR/9/22
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14 March 1882
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Letter on paper
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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, 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 to the author, 14 March 1882, RR/9/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_22/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-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-to-the-author, accessed on 16 September 2024

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