Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle, produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure and thermo-electrical currents of the earth' by Robert Were Fox

Reference number: RR/1/73

Date: 27 June 1832

Description

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Geology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1830].

Reference number
RR/1/73
Earliest possible date
27 June 1832
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Samuel Hunter Christie

View page for Samuel Hunter Christie

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Samuel Hunter Christie, Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle, produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure and thermo-electrical currents of the earth' by Robert Were Fox, 27 June 1832, RR/1/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_73/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-on-a-paper-on-certain-irregularities-in-the-magnetic-needle-produced-by-partial-warmth-and-the-relations-which-appear-to-subsist-between-terrestrial-magnetism-and-the-geological-structure-and-thermo-electrical-currents-of-the-earth-by-robert-were-fox, accessed on 14 May 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_73/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-on-a-paper-on-certain-irregularities-in-the-magnetic-needle-produced-by-partial-warmth-and-the-relations-which-appear-to-subsist-between-terrestrial-magnetism-and-the-geological-structure-and-thermo-electrical-currents-of-the-earth-by-robert-were-fox

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_1_73/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-on-a-paper-on-certain-irregularities-in-the-magnetic-needle-produced-by-partial-warmth-and-the-relations-which-appear-to-subsist-between-terrestrial-magnetism-and-the-geological-structure-and-thermo-electrical-currents-of-the-earth-by-robert-were-fox" title="Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle, produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure and thermo-electrical currents of the earth' by Robert Were Fox" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection