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Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on an untraced paper 'On variation of the magnetic needle as observed at Washington City D.C. 24 July 1840' by Gillies

Reference number: RR/1bis/23

Date: 29 March 1843

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the paper was sent to the Royal Society as an example of 'a day of considerable magnetic disturbance'.

Subject: Physics

[Publication status unknown - paper untraced]

Reference number
RR/1bis/23
Earliest possible date
29 March 1843
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on an untraced paper 'On variation of the magnetic needle as observed at Washington City D.C. 24 July 1840' by Gillies, 29 March 1843, RR/1bis/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_23/referees-report-by-edward-sabine-on-an-untraced-paper-on-variation-of-the-magnetic-needle-as-observed-at-washington-city-dc-24-july-1840-by-gillies, accessed on 13 October 2024

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