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RefNoRR/11/78
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'On a determination of the mean density of the Earth and the gravitation constant by means of the common balance' by John Henry Poynting
Date1891
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The author has undertaken a 'patient investigation' and his laborious work has given good results.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1891].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1891.0014
RelatedRecordRR/11/77
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8034Adams; William Grylls (1836 - 1915)1836 - 1915
NA7852Poynting; John Henry (1852 - 1914)1852 - 1914
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