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Paper, 'On the diurnal inequalities of terrestrial magnetism, as deduced from observations made at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, from 1841 to 1857' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: PT/68/13

Date: 02 April 1863

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21 manuscript pages and eight plates showing graphs of curves of diurnal change in magnitude.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the diurnal inequalities of terrestrial magnetism, as deduced from observations made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 1841 to 1857'.

Written by Airy at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Received by the Royal Society on 8 April 1863. Read 23 April 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/68/13
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02 April 1863
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Ink on paper
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29 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Paper, 'On the diurnal inequalities of terrestrial magnetism, as deduced from observations made at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, from 1841 to 1857' by George Biddell Airy, 02 April 1863, PT/68/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_68_13/paper-on-the-diurnal-inequalities-of-terrestrial-magnetism-as-deduced-from-observations-made-at-the-royal-observatory-of-greenwich-from-1841-to-1857-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 15 January 2025

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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