Paper, 'On the mean diurnal variation of magnetic declination, from hourly observations at Fort Rae [Canada]' by H P Dawson
Reference number: PP/4/35
Date: 1884
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Dawson writes: 'The accompanying diagrams represent the mean diurnal variation of declination for each month from September, 1882, to August, 1883, at the Circumpolar station at Fort Rae, British North America. These curves are plotted from the hourly means for each month, and include the effect of disturbances which have greatly influenced them during the winter months, especially in November.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three graphs of mean diurnal variation of declination.
Subject: Magnetism
Received 28 February 1884. Read 6 March 1884. Communicated by George Gabriel Stokes.
A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the mean diurnal variation of magnetic declination, from hourly observations at Fort Rae'.
- Reference number
- PP/4/35
- Earliest possible date
- 1884
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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H P Dawson
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H P Dawson, Paper, 'On the mean diurnal variation of magnetic declination, from hourly observations at Fort Rae [Canada]' by H P Dawson, 1884, PP/4/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_4_35/paper-on-the-mean-diurnal-variation-of-magnetic-declination-from-hourly-observations-at-fort-rae-canada-by-h-p-dawson, accessed on 14 June 2025
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II. On the mean diurnal variation of magnetic declination, from hourly observations at Fort Rae External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1883
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0123
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 36, 1883-1884
1883-1884 Reference number: PP/4
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George Gabriel Stokes
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Dates: 1882 - 1894
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