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Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains' by George Howard Darwin

Reference number: RR/9/7

Date: 18 January 1882

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1882].

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RR/9/7
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18 January 1882
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Couch Adams

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John Couch Adams, Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains' by George Howard Darwin, 18 January 1882, RR/9/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_7/referees-report-by-john-couch-adams-on-a-paper-on-the-stresses-caused-in-the-interior-of-the-earth-by-the-weight-of-continents-and-mountains-by-george-howard-darwin, accessed on 06 December 2025

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