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RefNoCMB/90/3/4
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date22 May 1828
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Mr Baily; Captain Beaufort; Dr Fitton; Mr Herschel; Sir E Home; Captain Kater; Dr Roget; Captain Sabine; Dr Wollaston; Dr Young

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1828
14 February On Experiments with heated [?] in reference to the Magnetic and electric fluids. Withdrawn
17 April Mr Dalton On the Heights of the Aurora Borealis. To be printed
24 April Mr Bevan On the Elastic curve. Not to be printed
1 May Captain Kater On a On a Vertical Floating Collinator [?] and on its application to Astronomic Observations with a Circle and with a Zenith Telescope. To be printed
8 May Captain Foster on the changes of Magnetic Intensity in the Dipping and Horizontal Needles, throughout the day at Treurenbugh [?] Bay in Spitzbergen. Postponed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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