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RefNoMS/257/1/196
AltRefNoSa.196
Previous numbersES1/32/196
LevelItem
TitleLetter from John Theophilus Boileau, Simla to Edward Sabine
Date10 August 1842
DescriptionRefers to Lieutenant [Charles James Buchanan] Riddell’s ‘powerful assistance’. Boileau discusses the coefficients and arc value in determining the disturbances in regard to the total values of declination and intensity. Refers to observations taken at Simla. Discussion regarding Dr [Humphrey] Lloyd, the vertical force magnetometer, and diurnal changes of the vertical force. Refers to ‘curves of disturbances’. Boileau remarks on the horizontal force reading telescope. Refers to the Committee of Physics and Meteorology and the Council of the Royal Society and instruments. Discussion regarding the ‘relative change in the magnetic moment of the bar’.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5415Boileau; John Theophilus (1805 - 1886)1805 - 1886
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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