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Referee's report by David Gill, on a paper 'Comparison of simultaneous magnetic disturbances at several observatories' by William Grylls Adams

Reference number: RR/11/1

Date: 24 June 1891

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is a 'timely and practical one'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

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RR/11/1
Earliest possible date
24 June 1891
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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David Gill

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David Gill, Referee's report by David Gill, on a paper 'Comparison of simultaneous magnetic disturbances at several observatories' by William Grylls Adams, 24 June 1891, RR/11/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_1/referees-report-by-david-gill-on-a-paper-comparison-of-simultaneous-magnetic-disturbances-at-several-observatories-by-william-grylls-adams, accessed on 25 March 2025

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