Unpublished paper, 'Remarks on Mr [William] Snow Harris's communication "On the influence of the sun's rays on the magnetic needle"' by S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie
Reference number: AP/17/7
Date: 26 November 1832
Description
Christie responds to Harris's experimental observations, stating that he does not consider the results as 'conclusive', and defending his own experimental results.
Subject: Magnetism
Received 30 November 1832 by John George Children.
Written by Christie at the Royal Military Academy [Woolwich, London].
- Reference number
- AP/17/7
- Earliest possible date
- 26 November 1832
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Samuel Hunter Christie, Unpublished paper, 'Remarks on Mr [William] Snow Harris's communication "On the influence of the sun's rays on the magnetic needle"' by S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, 26 November 1832, AP/17/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_17_7/unpublished-paper-remarks-on-mr-william-snow-harriss-communication-on-the-influence-of-the-suns-rays-on-the-magnetic-needle-by-s-h-samuel-hunter-christie, accessed on 15 March 2026
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Archived papers: volume 17, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1832-1833
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