Unpublished paper, 'On terrestrial magnetism' by John Macdonald

Reference number: AP/16/26

Date: 30 June 1831

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Macdonald writes on the Earth's magnetic field, drawing upon research published in volume 121 of Philosophical Transactions. Includes one illustration.

Subject: Physics / Electromagnetism

Received 17 July 1831 by John George Children.

Written by Macdonald at Summerlands, Exeter [England].

Reference number: AP/16/26
Earliest possible date: 30 June 1831
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 14 pages
Format: Manuscript

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John Macdonald, Unpublished paper, 'On terrestrial magnetism' by John Macdonald, 30 June 1831, AP/16/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_26/unpublished-paper-on-terrestrial-magnetism-by-john-macdonald, accessed on 13 May 2026

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XI. On the variable intensity of terrestrial magnetism, and the influence of the aurora borealis upon it External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1831

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1831.0012

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1768-1989 Reference number: AP
Archived papers: volume 16, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1831-1836
1831-1836 Reference number: AP/16

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