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Letter from George Biddell Airy, on his paper 'Note on an extension of the comparison of magnetic disturbances with magnetic effects inferred from observed terrestrial galvanic currents; and discussion of the magnetic effects inferred from galvanic currents on days of tranquil magnetism' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/1

Date: 07 February 1873

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Letter asking for the return of the original drawings of curves, as they have been 'made with great labour and do not constitute a very important part of the paper'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/1
Earliest possible date
07 February 1873
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from George Biddell Airy, on his paper 'Note on an extension of the comparison of magnetic disturbances with magnetic effects inferred from observed terrestrial galvanic currents; and discussion of the magnetic effects inferred from galvanic currents on days of tranquil magnetism' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 07 February 1873, RR/7/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_1/letter-from-george-biddell-airy-on-his-paper-note-on-an-extension-of-the-comparison-of-magnetic-disturbances-with-magnetic-effects-inferred-from-observed-terrestrial-galvanic-currents-and-discussion-of-the-magnetic-effects-inferred-from-galvanic-currents-on-days-of-tranquil-magnetism-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 January 2025

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