Record

Reference numberRR/3/3
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Discussion of the observed deviations of the compass in several ships, wood-built and iron-built: with a general Table for facilitating the examination of compass-deviations' by George Biddell Airy
Date1855
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the '[Philosophical] Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Referee states that 'the name of the author is a sufficient warrant for...whatever may come from his hands' and it is a 'very important addition to that [paper] printed in 1839'. [doi:10.1098/rstl.1839.0014]

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1856]
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on Paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1856.0007
Related records in the cataloguePT.52.4
RR/3/1
RR/3/2
PT/52/4
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7093Peacock; George (1791 - 1858)1791 - 1858
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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