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Reference numberRR/7/334
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'Tables of temperatures of the sea at different depths beneath the surface, reduced and collated from the various observations made between the years 1749 and 1868, discussed. With map and sections' by Joseph Prestwich
Date17 June 1874
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the Proceedings. It is 'an elaborate and very careful review of all that has been done in the matter of deep sea temperature observations'. It is 'rather long', but the referee doesn't feel justified suggesting it should be condensed.

Subject: Meteorology / Geology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1875.0021
Related records in the catalogueRR/7/335
AP/56/4
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3799Strachey; Sir; Richard (1817 - 1908)1817 - 1908
NA3811Prestwich; Sir; Joseph (1812 - 1896)1812 - 1896
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