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RefNoRR/3/252
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'Astronomical experiment on the peak of Teneriffe, carried out under the sanction of the lords commissioners of the admiralty' by Charles Piazzi Smyth
Date20 October 1857
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It 'contains valuable contributions to astronomy and other departments of science'. However, there are some passages which 'the Society cannot consent to print'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858].
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1858.0025
RelatedRecordMS/626
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7554Challis; James (1803 - 1882); astronomer1803 - 1882
NA3757Smyth; Charles Piazzi (1819 - 1900)1819 - 1900
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