Record

RefNoRR/1/229
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light' by Charles Piazzi Smyth
Date19 June 1848
DescriptionNot recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The historical section of the paper is 'entirely unfit' for publication and would be better suited to a less prestigious scientific periodical.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0163
RelatedRecordAP/30/18
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3757Smyth; Charles Piazzi (1819 - 1900)1819 - 1900
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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