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Referee's report by Frederick John Owen Evans, on a paper 'A magnetic survey of the fortieth parallel in North America between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Salt Lake Utah' by Thomas Edward Thorpe

Reference number: RR/8/210

Date: 18 June 1879

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the paper be abridged. The abridged parts are more suited for the Proceedings.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1880]

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RR/8/210
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18 June 1879
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Letter on paper
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2 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 'A magnetic survey of the fortieth parallel in North America between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Salt Lake Utah' by Thomas Edward Thorpe, 18 June 1879, RR/8/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_210/referees-report-by-frederick-john-owen-evans-on-a-paper-a-magnetic-survey-of-the-fortieth-parallel-in-north-america-between-the-atlantic-ocean-and-the-great-salt-lake-utah-by-thomas-edward-thorpe, accessed on 06 December 2024

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