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Letter from Ralph Abercromby, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the relation between tropical and extra-tropical cyclones' by Ralph Abercromby

Reference number: RR/10/3

Date: 31 March 1887

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Is willing to alter the paper so it is a statement of differences between latitudes. Will consider the recommendations of the referees regarding the theoretical portions, and make the 'obscure' sections less so.

Subject: Meteorology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/3
Earliest possible date
31 March 1887
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript
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Abercromby; Ralph (1842-1897); meterologist

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Letter from Ralph Abercromby, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the relation between tropical and extra-tropical cyclones' by Ralph Abercromby, 31 March 1887, RR/10/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_3/letter-from-ralph-abercromby-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-the-relation-between-tropical-and-extra-tropical-cyclones-by-ralph-abercromby, accessed on 19 January 2025

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