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Paper, 'Determinations of the magnetic inclination and force in the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the summer of 1847' by Professor George W Keely

Reference number: PT/34/12

Date: 1848

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Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Determinations of the magnetic inclination and force in the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in the summer of 1847'.

Communicated by Lt Col [Edward] Sabine. Received by the Royal Society on 1 March 1848. Read 6 April 1848.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/34/12
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1848
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Ink on paper
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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George W Keely

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George W Keely, Paper, 'Determinations of the magnetic inclination and force in the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the summer of 1847' by Professor George W Keely, 1848, PT/34/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_34_12/paper-determinations-of-the-magnetic-inclination-and-force-in-the-british-provinces-of-nova-scotia-and-new-brunswick-in-the-summer-of-1847-by-professor-george-w-keely, accessed on 17 February 2025

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