RefNo | RR/1bis/25 |
Level | Item |
Title | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper [attributed] 'On the calculation of attractions, and the figure of the earth' by Charles James Hargreave |
Date | 24 March 1841 |
Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Pierre Simon Laplace. The most important part of the paper deals with analytical modification. Considers the conclusion to be erroneous, but this does not affect the value of the analysis.
Appended note states that parts of the report have been sent to the author. Dated 6 May 1841.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1841.0011 Vol.131 1841 |
RelatedRecord | RR/1bis/26 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
NA7600 | Hargreave; Charles James (1820 - 1866) | 1820 - 1866 |