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Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On the simultaneous distribution of heat throughout superficial parts of the earth' by Henry Hennessy to George Gabriel Stokes

Reference number: RR/5/114

Date: 19 November 1862

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Apologises for not having time to read the paper at present. Is familiar with the work however, as an abstract was presented by the author at the last meeting of the British Association. Refers to work by L W Meech [?] 'On the relative intensity of heat and light of the sun upon different latitudes of the earth' in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol.9 1857, which covers a very similar subject.

Subject: Meteorology, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1863]

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RR/5/114
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19 November 1862
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Humphrey Lloyd, Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On the simultaneous distribution of heat throughout superficial parts of the earth' by Henry Hennessy to George Gabriel Stokes, 19 November 1862, RR/5/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_114/letter-from-humphrey-lloyd-on-a-paper-on-the-simultaneous-distribution-of-heat-throughout-superficial-parts-of-the-earth-by-henry-hennessy-to-george-gabriel-stokes, accessed on 17 April 2026

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