| Reference number | RR/3/221 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the deflection of the plumb-line in India, caused by the attraction of the Himalaya mountains and of the elevated regions beyond; and its modification by the compensating effect of a deficiency of matter below the mountain mass' by John Henry Pratt |
| Date | 21 December 1858 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper 'seems to form a good sequence in a series of proceeding papers on the disturbance produced by the Indian mountains'.
Subject: Geology
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859]. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0029 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
| NA8010 | Pratt; John Henry (1809 - 1871) | 1809 - 1871 |