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Includes tables of data relating to magnetic storms.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'First analysis of one hundred and seventy-seven magnetic storms, registered by the magnetic instruments in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 1841 to 1857'.

Written by Airy at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Received by the Royal Society on 28 November 1863. Read 17 December 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 13, 1864.

Reference number
PT/69/14
Earliest possible date
26 November 1863
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
50 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Paper, 'First analysis of one hundred and seventy seven magnetic storms, registered by the magnetic instruments in the Royal Observatory Greenwich, from 1841 to 1857' by George Biddell Airy, 26 November 1863, PT/69/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_69_14/paper-first-analysis-of-one-hundred-and-seventy-seven-magnetic-storms-registered-by-the-magnetic-instruments-in-the-royal-observatory-greenwich-from-1841-to-1857-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 10 February 2026

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    Dates: 1802 - 1865

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