| Reference number | RR/6/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'Comparison of magnetic disturbances recorded by the self-registering magnetometers at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with magnetic disturbances deduced from the corresponding terrestrial galvanic currents recorded by the self-registering galvanometers of the Royal Observatory' by George Biddell Airy |
| Date | 8 May 1868 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has not yet seen the diagrams intended for the paper, but assumes they will be valuable additions to it. Refers to D MacFarlane [?] and numerical calculations.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1868.0018 Vol.158 1868 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/6/9 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |