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RefNoRR/9/341
LevelItem
TitleLetter from John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
Date6 November 1886
DescriptionA section should added to the paper, acknowledging John Allan Broun's paper in order to appease Balfour Stewart. He should state that the his own views were arrived at independently.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0041
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7558Adams; John Couch (1819 - 1892); astronomer1819 - 1892
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh1842 - 1919
NA2784Chambers; Charles (1834 - 1896)1834 - 1896
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