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Letter from George Howard Darwin, on his paper 'Results of the harmonic analysis of tidal observations' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/260

Date: 12 March 1885

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He wants to stipulate that the tables in the paper are returned to him after publication,as it will be useful to have in future.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1884].

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RR/9/260
Earliest possible date
12 March 1885
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from George Howard Darwin, on his paper 'Results of the harmonic analysis of tidal observations' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 12 March 1885, RR/9/260, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_260/letter-from-george-howard-darwin-on-his-paper-results-of-the-harmonic-analysis-of-tidal-observations-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 January 2026

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