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RefNoRR/9/127
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the changes which take place in the deviations the standard compass in the iron armour-plated, iron, and composite-built ships of the Royal Navy, on a considerable change of magnetic latitude' by Ettrick William Creak
Date11 April 1883
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains 'most interesting and useful information' and it forms a 'valuable addition' to the subject.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1884].
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1883.0018
RelatedRecordRR/9/128
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
NA6572Creak; Ettrick William (1835 - 1920); Captain; superintendent of Compasses, Admiralty1835 - 1920
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