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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'Comparison of magnetic disturbances recorded by the self-registering magnetometers at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with magnetic disturbances deduced from the corresponding terrestrial galvanic currents recorded by the self-registering galvanometers of the Royal Observatory' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/6/9

Date: 07 June 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results are interesting as having been recorded by 'self registering instruments'. Refers to work of Carlo Matteucci and Angelo Secchi.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/9
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07 June 1868
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'Comparison of magnetic disturbances recorded by the self-registering magnetometers at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with magnetic disturbances deduced from the corresponding terrestrial galvanic currents recorded by the self-registering galvanometers of the Royal Observatory' by George Biddell Airy, 07 June 1868, RR/6/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_9/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-comparison-of-magnetic-disturbances-recorded-by-the-self-registering-magnetometers-at-the-royal-observatory-greenwich-with-magnetic-disturbances-deduced-from-the-corresponding-terrestrial-galvanic-currents-recorded-by-the-self-registering-galvanometers-of-the-royal-observatory-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 06 February 2025

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