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Referee's report by James Challis, 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/6/199

Date: 15 May 1867

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results are of importance for having been taken in the Southern Hemisphere.

Subject: Mathematics, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/199
Earliest possible date
15 May 1867
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Challis

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James Challis, Referee's report by James Challis, 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, 15 May 1867, RR/6/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_199/referees-report-by-james-challis-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 23 January 2025

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