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Paper, 'On the simultaneity of magnetic variations at different places on occasions of magnetic disturbance, and on the relation between magnetic and earth current phenomena' by William Ellis

Reference number: PP/20/17

Date: 1892

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Ellis writes: 'The observations made in a magnetic observatory usually include absolute measures of magnetic declination, horizontal force, and dip (inclination); with photographic registration of the variations of declination, horizontal force, and vertical force; to which is added, at Greenwich [London], a photographic registration of earth currents.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Magnetism

Received 7 April 1892 / 28 July 1892. Read 5 May 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the simultaneity of magnetic variations at different places on occasions of magnetic disturbance, and on the relation between magnetic and earth current phenomena'.

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PP/20/17
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1892
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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29 pages
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William Ellis, Paper, 'On the simultaneity of magnetic variations at different places on occasions of magnetic disturbance, and on the relation between magnetic and earth current phenomena' by William Ellis, 1892, PP/20/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_17/paper-on-the-simultaneity-of-magnetic-variations-at-different-places-on-occasions-of-magnetic-disturbance-and-on-the-relation-between-magnetic-and-earth-current-phenomena-by-william-ellis, accessed on 24 March 2025

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