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Letter from George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' by Cargill Gilston Knott to Richard Tetley Glazebrook

Reference number: RR/13/53

Date: 11 December 1896

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He agrees that an abstract should appear in Proceedings as it allows for certain matter to be put on record. Therefore, 'a poor paper will be kept out of the Transactions'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1896].

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RR/13/53
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11 December 1896
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Letter from George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' by Cargill Gilston Knott to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, 11 December 1896, RR/13/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_53/letter-from-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-on-lunar-periodicities-in-earthquake-frequency-by-cargill-gilston-knott-to-richard-tetley-glazebrook, accessed on 21 March 2025

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