| RefNo | RR/1/28 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Francis Baily, on a paper 'Proposal for a new method of determining the longitude, by an absolute altitude of the moon' by John Christian Bowring |
| Date | 31 March 1838 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions, as the author claims they are usuing a new method, but 'it was proposed by Leadbetter a hundred years ago'.
Subject: Astronomy
[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1837]. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0017 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/21/13 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6486 | Baily; Francis (1774 - 1844); astronomer | 1774 - 1844 |