Reference number | RR/10/5 |
Level | Item |
Title | Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'Total eclipse of the sun observed at Caroline Island, on 6th May, 1883' by William de Wiveleslie Abney |
Date | 28 July 1887 |
Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper 'is a most extraordinary jumble, and the style worse than slipshod'. The apparatus is described three times, in a contradictory way. Suggests the paper be re-written. The extract from Lieutenant Quathough's report is insufficient. Suggests including a description of the programme of works. Wonders 'who would trust a record of observations compiled in [such a] slovenly way?'
Subject: Astronomy
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889] |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Letter on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1889.0003 Vol.180 1889 |
Related records in the catalogue | RR/10/4 |
RR/10/6 |
RR/10/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA1468 | Liveing; George Downing (1827 - 1924) | 1827 - 1924 |
NA6454 | Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920) | 1843 - 1920 |