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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XIV' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/7/341

Date: 09 July 1874

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It 'contains the same elements' as his previous papers. This series of papers will 'undoubtedly be accepted everywhere as forming the stand-point for terrestrial magnetism in the nineteenth century'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/341
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09 July 1874
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XIV' by Edward Sabine, 09 July 1874, RR/7/341, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_341/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-contributions-to-terrestrial-magnetism-no-xiv-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 16 July 2026

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