Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'On the variations of the mean diurnal inequality of the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic force at Bombay, and their relations to the sun-spot period' by Frederick Chambers

Reference number: RR/9/256

Date: 19 May 1885

Description

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is not of 'sufficient importance'. It could be printed in Proceedings instead.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1884].

Reference number
RR/9/256
Earliest possible date
19 May 1885
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Henry Mahoney Christie

View page for William Henry Mahoney Christie

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

William Henry Mahoney Christie, Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'On the variations of the mean diurnal inequality of the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic force at Bombay, and their relations to the sun-spot period' by Frederick Chambers, 19 May 1885, RR/9/256, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_256/referees-report-by-william-henry-mahoney-christie-on-a-paper-on-the-variations-of-the-mean-diurnal-inequality-of-the-horizontal-component-of-the-earths-magnetic-force-at-bombay-and-their-relations-to-the-sun-spot-period-by-frederick-chambers, accessed on 20 April 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_256/referees-report-by-william-henry-mahoney-christie-on-a-paper-on-the-variations-of-the-mean-diurnal-inequality-of-the-horizontal-component-of-the-earths-magnetic-force-at-bombay-and-their-relations-to-the-sun-spot-period-by-frederick-chambers

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_9_256/referees-report-by-william-henry-mahoney-christie-on-a-paper-on-the-variations-of-the-mean-diurnal-inequality-of-the-horizontal-component-of-the-earths-magnetic-force-at-bombay-and-their-relations-to-the-sun-spot-period-by-frederick-chambers" title="Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'On the variations of the mean diurnal inequality of the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic force at Bombay, and their relations to the sun-spot period' by Frederick Chambers" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    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

    View collection