Record

Reference numberRR/1bis/15
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'On the use of the barometric thermometer for the determination relative heights' by James Robert Christie
Date27 April 1846
DescriptionNo clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests omitting the doubtful observations.

Subject: Physics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1846.0010 Vol.136 1846
Related records in the catalogueRR/1bis/16
PT/30/9
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6280Forbes; James David (1809 - 1868); natural philosopher1809 - 1868
NA1012Christie; James Robert (1814 - 1879)1814 - 1879
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