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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Allen Miller, regarding a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.—No. XI' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/6/262

Date: 17 July 1868

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Outlines the illustrations and figures in the paper. The map requires thin, tough paper as it will be double folded.

Letter is signed by the Committee in favour of publication:
George Gabriel Stokes
William Allen Miller
William Hallowes Miller

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/262
Earliest possible date
17 July 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Allen Miller, regarding a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.—No. XI' by Edward Sabine, 17 July 1868, RR/6/262, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_262/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-william-allen-miller-regarding-a-paper-contributions-to-terrestrial-magnetismno-xi-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 13 May 2025

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