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RefNoRR/5/103
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the tides of the arctic seas. Part I. On the diurnal tides of Port Leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton
Date21 July 1862
DescriptionNot recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Jules Jamin. Suggests the author should more clearly describe the methods of obtaining the results. The results are confirmatory rather than original.

Subject: Meteorology, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1863.0011 Vol.153 1863
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
NA2959Haughton; Samuel (1821 - 1897)1821 - 1897
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