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Letter from Cargill Gilston Knott, on his paper 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/13/54

Date: 07 January 1897

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He has expanded his existing abstract in line with the referee's wishes. He fears the abstract will not give the reader as much information as is required on the subject.

Subject: Astronomy

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

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RR/13/54
Earliest possible date
07 January 1897
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Cargill Gilston Knott, on his paper 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 07 January 1897, RR/13/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_54/letter-from-cargill-gilston-knott-on-his-paper-on-lunar-periodicities-in-earthquake-frequency-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 21 March 2025

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