Referee's report by James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On the radiation of heat from the moon, the law of its absorption by our atmosphere, and of its variation in amount with her phases' by Laurence Parsons, Earl of Rosse Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The referee is unwell and unable to provide a detailed report on the paper. The author's 'observations are very numerous and appear to have been very carefully made'. Subject: Astronomy [Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1873]. 4 June 1873