| Reference number | RR/3/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'Account of pendulum experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery, for the purpose of determining the mean density of the earth' by George Biddell Airy |
| Date | 18 February 1856 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the '[Philosophical] Transactions of the Royal Society'. Referee has no hesitation in recommending its being printed as 'the greatest attention to accuracy appears in the arrangements for making the experiment and in the calculations formed'.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1856] |
| 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.1856.0015 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT.54.5 |
| RR/3/5 |
| RR/3/6 |
| PT/54/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7554 | Challis; James (1803 - 1882); astronomer | 1803 - 1882 |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |