| Reference number | RR/3/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee'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 |
| Date | 1855 |
| Description | Recommended 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] |
| Extent | 7p |
| 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.1856.0007 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT.52.4 |
| RR/3/1 |
| RR/3/2 |
| PT/52/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7093 | Peacock; George (1791 - 1858) | 1791 - 1858 |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |