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Referee's report by Frederick John Owen Evans, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XII. The magnetic survey of the British Islands, reduced to the epoch 1842·5' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/7/65

Date: 11 July 1870

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'the most complete record of the several magnetic surveys made in the United Kingdom'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/65
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11 July 1870
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Frederick John Owen Evans

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Frederick John Owen Evans, Referee's report by Frederick John Owen Evans, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XII. The magnetic survey of the British Islands, reduced to the epoch 1842·5' by Edward Sabine, 11 July 1870, RR/7/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_65/referees-report-by-frederick-john-owen-evans-on-a-paper-contributions-to-terrestrial-magnetism-no-xii-the-magnetic-survey-of-the-british-islands-reduced-to-the-epoch-18425-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 22 May 2025

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