| RefNo | RR/1/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Whewell and John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On an inequality of long period in the motions of the Earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy |
| Date | 12 January 1832 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Referees state that, 'We regard this paper as the first specific improvement in the Solar Tables made by an Englishman since the time of Halley'.
Subject: Astronomy
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1832]. |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0062 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1832.0005 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1/3 |
| PT/20/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college Master; writer on history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |
| NA7010 | Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865) | 1803 - 1865 |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |