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Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell

Reference number: RR/7/480

Date: 01 August 1876

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experiments appear to be 'carefully made and refer to places from which I suppose we have not many observations'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1877].

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RR/7/480
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01 August 1876
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Balfour Stewart

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Balfour Stewart, Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, 01 August 1876, RR/7/480, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_480/referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-a-contribution-to-terrestrial-magnetism-being-the-record-of-observations-of-the-magnetic-inclination-or-dip-made-during-the-voyage-of-h-m-s-iron-duke-to-china-and-japan-1871-75-by-charles-frederick-alexander-shadwell, accessed on 11 October 2024

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