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Reference numberRR/6/9
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Charles Wheatstone, 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
Date7 June 1868
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results are interesting as having been recorded by 'self registering instruments'. Refers to work of Carlo Matteucci and Angelo Secchi.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1868.0018 Vol.158 1868
Related records in the catalogueRR/6/8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7559Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist1802 - 1875
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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