| Reference number | RR/3/5 |
| 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 | 26 February 1856 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the '[Philosophical] Transactions of the Royal Society'. Referee states he 'can have no hesitation recommending its being printed'.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1856] |
| Extent | 3p |
| 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/3/4 |
| RR/3/6 |
| PT/54/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
| NA7554 | Challis; James (1803 - 1882); astronomer | 1803 - 1882 |