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He has received the author's reply to his initial statements. His views are 'interesting' and it was inevitable that his conclusions would overlap with John Allan Broun's. Proposes a method that ensures the author's work isn't compared to John Allan Broun's work.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

Reference number
RR/9/340
Earliest possible date
19 October 1886
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Balfour Stewart

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Balfour Stewart, Second referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers, 19 October 1886, RR/9/340, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_340/second-referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-on-the-luni-solar-variations-of-magnetic-declination-and-horizontal-force-at-bombay-and-of-declination-at-trevandrum-by-charles-chambers, accessed on 12 December 2024

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