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Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd on a paper 'On the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28 to September 7, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart

Reference number: RR/4/260

Date: 14 August 1861

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, the paper would be more suitable for one of the other scientific journals.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861].

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RR/4/260
Earliest possible date
14 August 1861
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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 the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28 to September 7, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart, 14 August 1861, RR/4/260, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_260/referees-report-by-humphrey-lloyd-on-a-paper-on-the-great-magnetic-disturbance-which-extended-from-august-28-to-september-7-1859-as-recorded-by-photography-at-the-kew-observatory-by-balfour-stewart, accessed on 24 January 2025

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