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Paper, 'Note on the electromotive force induced in the earth's crust by variations of terrestrial magnetism' by [William Thomson]

Reference number: PT/66/5

Date: 1862

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Published as part of a paper by Balfour Stewart. Stewart's manuscript is found at PT/66/4.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the nature of the forces concerned in producing the greater magnetic disturbances'.

Abstract of paper 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 12, 1863.

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PT/66/5
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1862
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Paper, 'Note on the electromotive force induced in the earth's crust by variations of terrestrial magnetism' by [William Thomson], 1862, PT/66/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_66_5/paper-note-on-the-electromotive-force-induced-in-the-earths-crust-by-variations-of-terrestrial-magnetism-by-william-thomson, accessed on 17 March 2026

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