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Paper, 'Remarks upon the Magnetic Observations transmitted from York Fort on Hudson Bay [Canada] in August 1857 by Lieut. Blakiston of the Royal Artillery' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: AP/40/7

Date: 1857

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Sabine writes on the progress of the 'Magnetic Survey of British North America' and shares observations on terrestrial magnetism recorded by Lieutenant Blakiston.

Subject: Magnetism

Received 16 December 1857. Read 7 January 1858.

A version of this paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Remarks upon the magnetic observations transmitted from York Fort in Hudson’s Bay, in August 1857, by by Lieut. Blakiston, of the Royal Artillery'.

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AP/40/7
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1857
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Paper, 'Remarks upon the Magnetic Observations transmitted from York Fort on Hudson Bay [Canada] in August 1857 by Lieut. Blakiston of the Royal Artillery' by Edward Sabine, 1857, AP/40/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_40_7/paper-remarks-upon-the-magnetic-observations-transmitted-from-york-fort-on-hudson-bay-canada-in-august-1857-by-lieut-blakiston-of-the-royal-artillery-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 06 November 2024

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