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Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory, to J F W Herschel

Reference number: MM/11/160

Date: 25 December 1841

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Consider as useless the formula given in the proposed instructions for the observers on the Antarctic Expedition for deducing the absolute intensity of a magnet.

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MM/11/160
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25 December 1841
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory, to J F W Herschel, 25 December 1841, MM/11/160, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_160/letter-from-g-b-airy-royal-observatory-to-j-f-w-herschel, accessed on 14 July 2025

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