Referee report by C. R. Darwin on 'Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe, Carried out under the Sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty' by C. Piazzi Smyth
masses on the one side of the Taoro valley, - the
most interesting case in the paper - are not
given in sufficient detail for anyone,
in my opinion, to judge whether they
bear out the author’s view that the
whole width of the valley has nebrided.
Nor do the observations on the Vegetation
appear to me sufficiently novel to deserve
publication. I would suggest that the
Authors should be asked to draw up an
abstract for the Proceedings of any points
actually observed by him, rather than of
the conclusions, which he has arrived at
from, as far as it appears, hardly sufficient
grounds. The supposed marks of ancient
Glaciers should be noticed in any abstract,
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- Author
- Charles Piazzi Smyth
- Reference
- RR/3/255
- Series
- RR
- Date
- 1856
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Referee report by C. R. Darwin 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/3/255
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