Copy of Mr Airy’s report on Mr Adams’s
paper “on the secular variation of
the moon’s motion “ -
“I have read, without attempting
to verify every part, Mr Adams’s paper
“on the secular variation &c” - and
beg leave to offer to the council of
the Royal Society the following
report on it.
First I have to remark that there
can be no question on the interesting
character of the subject, the extreme
delicacy of the consideration in=
=volved in it, the difficulty of treating
them properly, the unrivalled powers
of the writer of this Essay, and the
general value & importance of the Paper.
I trust therefore that it will be under
=stood that in the following remarks
I am only stating my first impressions
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Manuscript details
- Author
- John Couch Adams
- Reference
- RR/2/1
- Series
- RR
- Date
- 1853
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Referee report by G. B. Airy on 'On the Secular Variation of the Moon's Mean Motion' by J. C. Adams, 1853. From The Royal Society, RR/2/1
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