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Paper, 'On the constituent of the atmosphere which absorbs radiant heat' by S A Hill

Reference number: PP/1/17

Date: 1881

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Hill aims 'to determine, if possible, what constituent of the atmosphere has the greatest absorptive power, by means of the actinometric observations so carefully made at Mussooree [Mussoorie] and Dehra [Dehrandun, India] by Messrs J B N Hennessey, F R S, and W H Cole, M A, in conjunction with the records of meteorological observations made at the same or neighbouring places in the same months of the year.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one graph of barometric pressure at Simla, Mussooree and Roorkee.

Subject: Meteorology

Received 14 December 1881. 22 December 1881. Communicated by [Richard] Strachey.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the constituent of the atmosphere which absorbs radiant heat'.

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PP/1/17
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1881
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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17 pages
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Manuscript

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S A Hill

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S A Hill, Paper, 'On the constituent of the atmosphere which absorbs radiant heat' by S A Hill, 1881, PP/1/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_17/paper-on-the-constituent-of-the-atmosphere-which-absorbs-radiant-heat-by-s-a-hill, accessed on 16 January 2025

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