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RefNoAP/26/19
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, 'New history of magnetism' from G P [Georg Philip] Uhthoff to the Duke of Sussex
CreatorUhthoff; Georg Philip (1782-1850)
Date29 March 1843
DescriptionUhthoff explains how throughout the course of his research on magnetism he has never yet read a suitable explanation for the cause of the inclinations, declinations and oscillations of the magnetic needle. He has therefore been led to come up with his 'new history of magnetism'.

Subject: Physics / Magnetism

Received 8 November 1843.

Written by Uhthoff at Pressburg, Hungary [Bratislava, Slovakia].
Extent11p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8338Augustus Frederick (1773 - 1843); Duke of Sussex1773 - 1843
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