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Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On hourly observations of the magnetic declination made by Captain Rochfort Maguire, R. N., and the officers of H. M. S. ‘Plover,' in 1852, 1853 and 1854, at Point Barrow, on the shores of the polar sea' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/3/242

Date: 04 December 1857

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The results of the experiment are of the 'utmost importance'.

Subject: Astronomy/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/242
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04 December 1857
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphrey Lloyd

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Humphrey Lloyd, Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On hourly observations of the magnetic declination made by Captain Rochfort Maguire, R. N., and the officers of H. M. S. ‘Plover,' in 1852, 1853 and 1854, at Point Barrow, on the shores of the polar sea' by Edward Sabine, 04 December 1857, RR/3/242, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_242/referees-report-by-humphrey-lloyd-on-a-paper-on-hourly-observations-of-the-magnetic-declination-made-by-captain-rochfort-maguire-r-n-and-the-officers-of-h-m-s-plover-in-1852-1853-and-1854-at-point-barrow-on-the-shores-of-the-polar-sea-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 18 June 2025

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