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Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers

Reference number: RR/6/73

Date: 02 November 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results of the first part have previously been published as an abstract in the Proceedings. The second part discussing observational errors is not recommended for publication.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/73
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02 November 1869
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Walter Johnson Smith

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Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers, 02 November 1869, RR/6/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_73/referees-report-by-samuel-walter-johnson-smith-on-a-paper-on-the-solar-variations-of-magnetic-declination-at-bombay-by-charles-chambers, accessed on 09 December 2024

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