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Referee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, 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/9/25

Date: 15 April 1882

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Second referee's report.

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, despite the fact that it contains a statement which should be kept between him and the author (the author was previously his assistant).

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1882].

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RR/9/25
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15 April 1882
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne

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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Referee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, 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, 15 April 1882, RR/9/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_25/referees-report-by-mervyn-herbert-nevil-story-maskelyne-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 16 September 2024

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