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Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On periodical laws discoverable in the mean effects of the larger magnetic disturbances.—No. III' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/3/237

Date: 22 April 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'by far the most important contribution' to the subject.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1856].

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RR/3/237
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22 April 1856
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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George Peacock

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George Peacock, Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On periodical laws discoverable in the mean effects of the larger magnetic disturbances.—No. III' by Edward Sabine, 22 April 1856, RR/3/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_237/referees-report-by-george-peacock-on-a-paper-on-periodical-laws-discoverable-in-the-mean-effects-of-the-larger-magnetic-disturbancesno-iii-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 13 July 2025

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