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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a 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' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/7/3

Date: 21 April 1870

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions,as it forms a 'necessary supplement to the author's memoir on the same subject' from 1860.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/3
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21 April 1870
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a 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' by George Biddell Airy, 21 April 1870, RR/7/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_3/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-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-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 13 January 2025

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