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Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the lunar-diurnal variation of the magnetic declination, with special regard to the moon's declination' in animal bodies' by G Neumayer

Reference number: RR/6/198

Date: 16 April 1867

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Mathematics, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/198
Earliest possible date
16 April 1867
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Balfour Stewart

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Balfour Stewart, Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the lunar-diurnal variation of the magnetic declination, with special regard to the moon's declination' in animal bodies' by G Neumayer, 16 April 1867, RR/6/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_198/referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-on-the-lunar-diurnal-variation-of-the-magnetic-declination-with-special-regard-to-the-moons-declination-in-animal-bodies-by-g-neumayer, accessed on 05 October 2024

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