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RefNoPT/74/3/13
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, system of branches of magnetic curve by [Thomas Stephens Davies?]
Date[1836]
DescriptionPlate 16, figure 18 showing a diagram of the system of branches of a magnetic curve studied by Davies. Inscribed with publication and plate details. An ink inscription at the top reads 'The dark curve to be traced finer - like the lines. T. S. D.' Another inscription bottom right reads 'Fig to the note at the end of XXIX.' An outline draft of another geometric figure is pictured verso. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Geometrical investigations concerning the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. Second series:— On the number of points at which a magnetic needle can take a position vertical to the Earth's surface' by Thomas Stephens Davies.

Received by the Royal Society on 28 January 1836. Read 4 February 1836.
Extent2p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions226x158mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1836.0011
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0228
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3436Davies; Thomas Stephens (1795 - 1851)1795 - 1851
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