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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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

Reference number: MM/11/186

Date: 24 October 1849

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On JA Broun's objections to the Royal Society instruments for determining temperature coefficients of balance magnetometers

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MM/11/186
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24 October 1849
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Allan Broun

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John Allan Broun, Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to J F W Herschel, 24 October 1849, MM/11/186, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_186/letter-from-g-b-airy-royal-observatory-greenwich-to-j-f-w-herschel, accessed on 15 January 2025

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