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Unpublished appendix, 'Descriptions of the Kew absolute declinometer and deflection and vibration apparatus; and of the observations taken with that instrument at Bombay [Mumbai, India] in the years 1867 to 1870' by C [Charles] Chambers

Reference number: AP/54/3

Date: 1872

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An appendix to a paper abstracted in volume 20 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' (see AP/55/2).

Marked on front as 'Not to be printed'.

Subject: Geography / Physics

Received 4 December 1871. Read 25 January 1872.

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AP/54/3
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1872
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Ink on paper
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72 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Chambers

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Charles Chambers, Unpublished appendix, 'Descriptions of the Kew absolute declinometer and deflection and vibration apparatus; and of the observations taken with that instrument at Bombay [Mumbai, India] in the years 1867 to 1870' by C [Charles] Chambers, 1872, AP/54/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_54_3/unpublished-appendix-descriptions-of-the-kew-absolute-declinometer-and-deflection-and-vibration-apparatus-and-of-the-observations-taken-with-that-instrument-at-bombay-mumbai-india-in-the-years-1867-to-1870-by-c-charles-chambers, accessed on 23 June 2025

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