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Letter from George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Magnetic survey of Belgium in 1871' by Stephen Joseph Perry

Reference number: RR/7/267

Date: 03 March 1873

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Letter stating that the value of the paper would be 'very greatly increased by the insertion of the curves as drawn by Mr Perry's hand'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1873].

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RR/7/267
Earliest possible date
03 March 1873
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Letter from George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Magnetic survey of Belgium in 1871' by Stephen Joseph Perry, 03 March 1873, RR/7/267, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_267/letter-from-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-magnetic-survey-of-belgium-in-1871-by-stephen-joseph-perry, accessed on 24 June 2025

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