Referee report by James Challis on 'Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe, Carried out under the Sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty' by C. Piazzi Smyth

Cambridge Observatory Oct. 20th 1857 My dear Sir, I have this day despatched by Railway to the apartments of the Royal Society a parcel containing Professor P. Smyth’s Paper in 5 Volumes I have read the Paper care- fully, especially those parts which have any bearing on Astronomy, and I consider it to be well worthy of a place in the Transac- tions of the Society, as containing valuable contributions to Astrono- my and other departments of science. I may mention in particular, the Telescopic ap- pearances of Jupiter & Saturn,
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- Charles Piazzi Smyth
- Reference
- RR/3/252
- Series
- RR
- Date
- 1856
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Referee report by James Challis on 'Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe, Carried out under the Sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty' by C. Piazzi Smyth, 1856. From The Royal Society, RR/3/252
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