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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the bifalar magnetometer' by John Allan Broun

Reference number: RR/4/26

Date: 25 April 1860

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He doesn't 'have much confidence in the judgment displayed' in some parts of the paper.

Subject: Physics

[Not published].

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RR/4/26
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25 April 1860
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the bifalar magnetometer' by John Allan Broun, 25 April 1860, RR/4/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_26/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-bifalar-magnetometer-by-john-allan-broun, accessed on 15 January 2025

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