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Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, regarding two papers 'Results of the magnetic observations at the Kew Observatory.— No. III' and 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.-No. X' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/6/263

Date: 13 August 1866

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Has heard from Mr Whyte '(whom I had first met on the top of a Swiss mountain)' that a paper has been sent for reviewing, but as the reviewer is out of the country and will be for some time, suggests sending the paper to someone else.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/263
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13 August 1866
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Letter on paper
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Humphrey Lloyd

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Humphrey Lloyd, Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, regarding two papers 'Results of the magnetic observations at the Kew Observatory.— No. III' and 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.-No. X' by Edward Sabine, 13 August 1866, RR/6/263, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_263/letter-from-humphrey-lloyd-regarding-two-papers-results-of-the-magnetic-observations-at-the-kew-observatory-no-iii-and-contributions-to-terrestrial-magnetism-no-x-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 27 April 2025

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