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Demouville shares observations regarding the heat of the Earth on topics including caloric theory, magnetism and electricity. Includes nine figures in the text relating to magnetism and radiation.

Subject: Earth sciences / Radiation / Magnetism

Received from Captain [William Henry] Smyth 30 September 1838.

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AP/22/7
Earliest possible date
1838
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
117 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'De la chaleur du globe' [Paper on the heat of the Earth] by Demouville, 1838, AP/22/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_22_7/unpublished-paper-de-la-chaleur-du-globe-paper-on-the-heat-of-the-earth-by-demouville, accessed on 09 February 2026

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