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Letter from Thomas Edward Thorpe, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding 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/8/211

Date: 01 December 1879

Description

Has produced an addendum to the paper containing results from Schott of the US Coal Survey Department. Enquires about the publication status of his paper, as since the reading, has decided to include a map of the region. Refers to similar maps of France and Belgium by Perry.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/8/211
Earliest possible date
01 December 1879
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Thomas Edward Thorpe, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding 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, 01 December 1879, RR/8/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_211/letter-from-thomas-edward-thorpe-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-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 05 December 2024

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