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Letter from William Grylls Adams, on his paper 'Comparison of simultaneous magnetic disturbances at several observatories' to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/3

Date: 16 November 1891

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Responds to the criticism made about his paper by the referees. He will apply modifications where necessary.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

Reference number
RR/11/3
Earliest possible date
16 November 1891
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from William Grylls Adams, on his paper 'Comparison of simultaneous magnetic disturbances at several observatories' to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, the Secretary of the Royal Society, 16 November 1891, RR/11/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_3/letter-from-william-grylls-adams-on-his-paper-comparison-of-simultaneous-magnetic-disturbances-at-several-observatories-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 18 February 2025

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