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Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Results of the magnetic observations at the Kew Observatory, from 1857 and 1858 to 1862 inclusive.─No. I'.

Received by the Royal Society on 21 May 1863. Read 18 June 1863.

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 12, 1863.

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PT/68/12
Earliest possible date
1863
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Ink on paper
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41 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Results of the magnetic observations at the Kew Observatory from 1857 and 1858 to 1862 inclusive. No 1' by M [Major] General Edward Sabine, 1863, PT/68/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_68_12/paper-results-of-the-magnetic-observations-at-the-kew-observatory-from-1857-and-1858-to-1862-inclusive-no-1-by-m-major-general-edward-sabine, accessed on 07 February 2025

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