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RefNoRR/2/235
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On depressions of the wet-bulb thermometer during the hot season at Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan' by William Henry Sykes
Date23 April 1851
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers paper to form an interesting supplement to the author's previous observations. Refers to work by James Glaisher. Suggests anomalies in the recordings should be explained to the author.

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0039 Vol.6 1854
RelatedRecordRR/2/236
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA5872Sykes; William Henry (1790 - 1872)1790 - 1872
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