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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Maxwell [?].

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1913]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 April 1912.

Reference number
RR/19/27
Earliest possible date
May 1912
Physical description
Standardised form (type A)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Davidson Niven

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William Davidson Niven, Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'Some phenomena of sunspots and of terrestrial magnetism at Kew Observatory' by Charles Chree, May 1912, RR/19/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_27/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-some-phenomena-of-sunspots-and-of-terrestrial-magnetism-at-kew-observatory-by-charles-chree, accessed on 11 February 2026

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