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Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'Determinations of the magnetic inclination and force in the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in the summer of 1847' by George W Keely

Reference number: RR/1/133

Date: 22 May 1848

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Makes reference to the fact that the paper refers to a 'British' province and claims that this is the reason the author communicated his paper to the Royal Society in Britian, rather than some American society.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1848].

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RR/1/133
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22 May 1848
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'Determinations of the magnetic inclination and force in the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in the summer of 1847' by George W Keely, 22 May 1848, RR/1/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_133/referees-report-by-edward-sabine-on-a-paper-determinations-of-the-magnetic-inclination-and-force-in-the-british-provinces-of-nova-scotia-and-new-brunswick-in-the-summer-of-1847-by-george-w-keely, accessed on 13 December 2024

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