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Authorised form of nameStewart; Balfour (1828 - 1887)
Dates1828 - 1887
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth01 November 1828
Place of deathBallymagarvey, near Drogheda, Ireland
Date of death19 December 1887
Research fieldPhysics
Meteorology
ActivityEducation:
Dundee; Edinburgh University. MA
Career:
Entered the office of James Balfour, a relative; went to Australia (1855); gave up business (1856); Assistant observer, Kew Observatory (1856); Director, Kew Observatory (1859-1871); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Owen's College, Manchester (1870-1887); died of apoplexy
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/06/1862
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1868
RelationshipsSon of William Stewart, tea merchant, of Leith, and his wife Hane, daughter of Rev William Clouston; married (08 September 1863) Katharine, daughter of Charles Stevens, lawyer, of London
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp ix-xi signed by P G T
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/17329396
CodeNA6042
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MS/257/4/441Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]7 December 1866
MS/257/4/510Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]25 May 1869
EC/1862/12Stewart, Balfour: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/373/1/114Testimonial by Balfour Stewart, Owen's College, Manchester, supporting Thomas Edward Thorpe14 April 1874
MS/257/4/526Letter from Balfour Stewart, Owens College, Manchester to [Edward Sabine]29 January 1872
MM/21/81Letter from Balfour Stewart to John Peter Gassiot3 March 1870
MS/377/1/124Letter from Balfour Stewart, Owen's College, Manchester, to [William Fletcher] Barrett 22 March 1880
MS/377/1/120Letter from Balfour Stewart, Lady Barn Villa, Fallowfield, to [William Fletcher] Barrett 22 December 1871
MS/377/1/123Letter from Balfour Stewart, Lady Barn Villa, Fallowfield, to [William Fletcher] Barrett2 May 1876
MS/377/1/122Letter from Balfour Stewart, Lady Barn Villa, Fallowfield, Manchester, to [William Fletcher] Barrett10 April 1876
MS/377/1/121Letter from Balfour Stewart, 50 Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, to [William Fletcher] Barrett16 August 1875
MS/257/4/387Sheet of notes by [Balfour Stewart]19th century
MS/257/4/289Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine5 December 1860
MS/257/4/480Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]23 November 1867
NLB/1/518Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Balfour Stewart, Fellow of the Royal Society18 July 1887
MS/257/4/306Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine15 April 1861
MS/257/4/460Letter from Balfour Stewart, London to [Edward Sabine]16 April 1867
MS/257/4/354Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine16 December 1862
RR/7/194Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Magnetic observations made at Stonyhurst College Observatory, from April 1863 to March 1870' by Stephen Joseph Perry24 July 1872
RR/5/238Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Numerical elements of Indian meteorology' by Hermann De Schlagintweit17 June 1863
RR/4/258Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On internal radiation in uniaxal crystals' by Balfour Stewart10 July 1861
RR/6/170Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the expansion by heat of water and mercury' by Augustus Matthiessen31 January 1866
MS/257/4/364Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]4 August 1863
RR/6/173Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the expansion by heat of water and mercury' by Augustus Matthiessennd [1866]
RR/6/275Letter from Balfour Stewart, on a paper [attributed] 'On the causes of the loss of the iron-built sailing-ship 'Glenorchy.’' by Archibald Smith11 November 1869
RR/6/171Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the expansion by heat of metals and alloys' by Augustus Matthiessen6 August 1866
RR/7/169Letter from Warren De La Rue, on his paper 'Researches on solar physics - part III' by himself, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy to the Sceretary of the Royal Society23 November 1872
RR/7/66Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Certain supra-annual cycles of temperature in the earth's surface crust' by Charles Piazzi Smyth19 May 1870
RR/7/488Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature as recorded at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart4 December 1876
RR/7/364Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' by Charles Chambers1 June 1875
RR/7/486Letter from John Allan Broun, on a paper 'On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature as recorded at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart30 August 1876
RR/9/236Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Influence of change of condition from the liquid to the solid state on vapour-pressure' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young24 June 1884
RR/7/399Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Reduction of anemograms taken at the armagh observatory in the years 1857-63' by Thomas Romney Robinson15 July 1875
RR/8/156Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the relation between the diurnal range of magnetic declination and horizontal force, as observed at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the years 1841 to 1877, and the period of solar spot frequency' by William Ellis12 June 1879
RR/8/226Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe and Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On actinometrical observations, made in India at Mussooree and Dehra in October and November, 1879' by John Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey8 June 1880
MS/257/4/433Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [John Peter] Gassiot28 May 1866
RR/9/180Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the temperature of volatilization of solids' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young12 July 1883
RR/9/377Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the propagation of heat by conduction in muscle, liver, kidney, bone, and brain' by J S Lombard1886
RR/7/168Letter from Balfour Stewart, on his paper 'Researches on solar physics - part III' by himself, Warren De La Rue and Benjamin Loewy to the Secretary of the Royal Society22 November 1872
RR/6/198Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the lunar-diurnal variation of the magnetic declination, with special regard to the moon's declination' in animal bodies' by G Neumayer16 April 1867
RR/8/227Letter from Balfour Stewart, to George Gabriel Stoke, regarding a paper 'On actinometrical observations, made in India at Mussooree and Dehra in October and November, 1879' by John Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey26 October 1880
MS/257/4/244Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 December 1859
RR/7/487Referee's report by John Allan Broun, on a paper 'On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature as recorded at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart1876
RR/7/437Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the variations of the daily mean horizontal force of the earth's magnetism produced by the suns rotation and the moon's synodical and tropical revolutions' by John Allan Broun12 January 1876
MS/257/4/264'Dip Observations' by [Balfour Stewart]19th century
MS/257/4/487Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine18 May 1848
MS/257/4/252Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine2 February 1860
MS/257/4/400Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]21 March 1865
MS/257/4/493Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]29 October 1868
MS/257/4/500Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]11 February 1869
RR/4/261Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the light radiated by heated bodies' by Balfour Stewart17 March 1860
RR/7/22Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On deep-sea thermometers' by John E Davis11 June 1870
RR/8/133Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the determination of the constants of the cup anemometer by experiments with a whirling machine' by Thomas Romney Robinson2 May 1878
RR/9/257Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the variations of the mean diurnal inequality of the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic force at Bombay, and their relations to the sun-spot period' by Frederick Chambers30 June 1885
RR/9/400Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'On a comparison between apparent inequalities of short period in sun-spot areas and in diurnal declination-ranges at Toronto and at Prague' by Balfour Stewart and William Lant Carpenter 9 April 1886
IM/Maull/004399Stewart, Balfournd
RR/6/70Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers30 June 1868
RR/5/261Letter from Balfour Stewart, regarding a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart22 July 1863
RR/6/103Letter from Warren De La Rue, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy5 December 1868
MS/257/4/438Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]15 August 1866
MS/257/4/445Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]26 December 1866
MS/257/4/367Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]25 August 1863
MS/257/4/276Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine9 August 1860
MS/257/4/393Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 December 1864
PT/62/iiLetter, regarding destroyed manuscript from B [Balfour] Stewart to Taylor and Francis publishers7 April 1860
PT/66/4Paper, 'On the nature of the forces concerned in producing magnetic disturbances' by Balfour Stewart13 June 1862
RR/4/259Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'On the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28 to September 7, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart10 July 1861
PT/62/iLetter, regarding missing papers from Chas [Charles] E [Gyde?] to W White16 April 1862
MS/257/4/477Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]9 November 1867
AP/51/11Unpublished tables, 'Magnetic observations made at Ascension Island, latitude 7 ° 55 ' 20 South, longitude 14 ° 25 ' 30 West' by Lieutenant Rokeby1869
MS/257/4/519Letter from Balfour Stewart, 7 Medina Villas, Richmond to [Edward Sabine]23 May 1870
MS/257/4/235Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine3 January 1859
MS/257/4/342Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine1 September 1862
MC/6/158Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Kew Observatory, to Professor [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]27 June 1861
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
PT/66/5Paper, 'Note on the electromotive force induced in the earth's crust by variations of terrestrial magnetism' by [William Thomson][1862]
MC/7/257Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Kew Observatory, to the Secretary of the Royal Society5 September 1865
MC/7/227Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Kew Observatory, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society10 June 1865
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/8/5Letter from Thomas Ayers, Yarmouth, to the Secretary of the Royal Society15 January 1867
MC/8/3Letter from Thomas Ayers, Yarmouth, to the Secretary of the Royal Society10 January 1867
MC/8/266Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society9 November 1868
MC/8/326Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to J P [John Peter] Gassiot23 February 1869
MS/257/4/459Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]10 April 1867
RR/5/263Letter from William Sharpey, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart25 July 1863
RR/7/160Letter from Balfour Stewart, on two papers 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' and 'On the lunar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers16 March 1872
RR/9/339Letter from Balfour Stewart, 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 Rayleigh19 October 1886
MC/9/53Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to J P [John Peter] Gassiot, Chairman of the Kew Committee9 April 1870
MC/9/183Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Harrow, to [Warren] de la Rue27 March 1871
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
AP/58/4/3Unpublished letter, regarding 'On a secular variation in the rainfall in connection with the secular variation in the amount of sun-spots' from Balfour Stewart to unknown recipient12 July 1876
MS/257/4/238Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine29 October 1859
MS/257/4/346Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine26 September 1862
MS/257/4/511Letter from Balfour Stewart, 7 Medina Villas, Richmond to [Edward Sabine]31 May 1869
MC/10/470Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, Lady Barn Villa, Fallowfield, Manchester, Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]9 December 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
PT/69/4Paper, 'An account of experiments, on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air between 32° F and 212° F, and also on the temperature of the melting point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart[1863]
AP/58/4Unpublished paper, 'On a secular variation in the rainfall in connection with the secular variation in the amount of sun-spots' by C [Charles] Meldrum1876-1877
MS/257/1/300Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter, University of London, Burlington House to Balfour Stewart25 March 1869
MS/257/1/344Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Balfour Stewart]28 February 1867
MC/11/232Letter from B [Balfour] Stewart, The Rowans, Parsonage Road, Withington, to the Royal Society29 June 1878
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
AP/38/32Paper, 'Description of an instrument for registering changes of temperature' by Balfour Stewart10 June 1856
AP/50/2Supporting data, 'Heliographical positions' by [Warren] De La Rue, [Balfour] Stewart and [Benjamin] Loewy1868
MS/257/4/337Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine28 May 1862
RR/5/262Second letter from Balfour Stewart, regarding a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart22 July 1863
MS/257/4/392Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to C I [Kingston]13 December 1864
RR/5/257Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart2 August 1862
RR/7/27Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics - No. II. The positions and areas of the spots observed at Kew during the years 1864, 1865, 1866, also the spotted area the sun's visible disk from the commencement of 1832 up to May 1868' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy4 April 1870
RR/6/217Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Magnetic survey of the West of France, 1868' by Stephen Joseph Perry13 August 1869
RR/7/166Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics - part III' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy17 October 1872
RR/7/159Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on two papers 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' and 'On the lunar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers16 March 1872
RR/7/165Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics - part III' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy23 May 1872
AP/51/4Unpublished paper, 'Researches on solar physics no. II. Account of some recent observations on sunspots made at the Kew Observatory [London]' by Warren de la Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy1868
AP/55/4Unpublished paper, 'Researches on solar physics III' by Warren de la Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy1872
AP/58/4/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On a secular variation in the rainfall in connection with the secular variation in the amount of sun-spots' by C [Charles] Meldrum6 January 1876
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
RR/8/47Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Report on the total solar eclipse of April 6, 1875' by Joseph Norman Lockyer and Arthur Schuster23 November 1877
MS/257/4/452Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]30 January 1867
MS/257/4/331Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 January 1862
MS/257/4/260Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine16 April 1860
MS/257/4/318Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]31 August 1861
MS/257/4/284Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 November 1860
PP/2/26Paper, 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. II. On the variations of the daily range of the magnetic declination, as recorded at the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers1881
MS/257/1/348Copy of a letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Balfour] Stewart23 August 1867
MS/257/4/274Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine23 July 1860
PP/2/25Paper, 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. I. On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature, as recorded at the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers1882
PP/2/36Paper, 'On the connexion between the state of the Sun's surface and the horizontal intensity of the Earth's magnetism' by Balfour Stewart1882
PP/3/5Paper, 'Description of an apparatus employed at the Kew Observatory, Richmond, for the examination of the dark glasses and mirrors of sextants' by G M [George Mathews] Whipple1883
PP/6/18Paper, 'Note on a preliminary comparison between the dates of cyclonic storms in Great Britain and those of magnetic disturbances at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart and William Lant Carpenter1885
PP/5/22/2Diagrams, graphs of diurnal temperature ranges at Toronto and Kew' by Balfour Stewart and William Lant Carpenter1884
PP/5/22Paper, 'Report to the Solar Physics Committee on a comparison between apparent inequalities of short period in sun-spot areas and in diurnal temperature ranges at Toronto and Kew' by Balfour Stewart and William Lant Carpenter1884
PP/5/22/1Manuscript, 'Report to the Solar Physics Committee on a comparison between apparent inequalities of short period in sun-spot areas and in diurnal temperature ranges at Toronto and Kew' by Balfour Stewart and William Lant Carpenter1884
PP/7/14/1Manuscript, 'Preliminary results of a comparison of certain simultaneous fluctuations of the declination at Kew and at Stonyhurst during the years 1883 and 1884, as recorded by the magnetographs at these observatories' by Stephen Joseph Perry and Balfour Stewart1885
MS/257/4/374Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]18 February 1864
PP/7/14/2Diagrams, magnetic ascending and descending changes by Stephen Joseph Perry and Balfour Stewart1885
MS/257/4/524Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]8 July 1870
MS/257/4/382Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]22 September 1864
MS/257/4/237Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine2 September 1859
MS/257/4/272Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine13 July 1860
MS/257/4/287Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine24 November 1860
MS/257/4/261Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine28 April 1860
MS/257/4/391Sheet of notes by [Balfour Stewart][1864]
MS/257/4/435Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 June 1866
MS/257/4/388Sheet of notes by [Balfour Stewart]19th century
MS/257/4/245Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine23 December 1859
MS/257/4/243Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine6 December 1859
MS/257/4/484Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine15 February 1868
MS/257/4/247Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Magrath24 December 1859
MS/257/4/312Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 May 1861
MS/257/4/269Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine5 July 1860
MS/257/4/385Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]3 October 1864
MS/257/4/307Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 April 1861
MS/257/4/253Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine6 February 1860
MS/257/4/268Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 June 1860
MS/257/4/258Memorandum on Robinson's and Barrow's 9 inch circles by [Balfour Stewart]22 March 1860
MS/257/4/323Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 November 1861
MS/257/4/267Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 June 1860
MS/257/4/290Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 December 1860
MS/257/4/347Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine13 October 1862
MS/257/4/263Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 May 1860
MS/257/4/328Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 December 1861
MS/257/4/265'Observations with Fox's circle no. 2' by [Balfour Stewart]19th century
MS/257/4/266Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 June 1860
MS/257/4/380Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]30 August 1864
MS/257/4/453Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]1 February 1867
MS/257/4/273Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 July 1860
MS/257/4/315Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 July 1861
MS/257/4/305Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine2 April 1861
MS/257/4/301Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 February 1861
MS/257/4/327Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine5 December 1861
MS/257/4/507Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 May 1869
MS/257/4/294Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 January 1861
MS/257/4/288Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine1 December 1860
MS/257/4/292Incomplete letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]20 December 1860
MS/257/4/320Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine18 October 1861
MS/257/4/295Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 January 1861
MS/257/4/293Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 January 1861
MS/257/4/338Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine6 June 1862
MS/257/4/390Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 November 1864
MS/257/4/355Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine][1862]
MS/257/4/516Letter from Balfour Stewart, 7 Medina Villas, Richmond to [Edward Sabine]22 September 1869
MS/257/4/302Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine9 February 1861
MS/257/4/457Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]5 March 1867
MS/257/4/298Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine28 January 1861
MS/257/4/351Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine12 November 1862
MS/257/4/303Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 February 1861
MS/257/4/313Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine24 May 1861
MS/257/4/311Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 May 1861
MS/257/4/361Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]18 March 1863
MS/257/4/336Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine28 May 1862
MS/257/4/373Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine17 February 1864
MS/257/4/406Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]19 May 1865
MS/257/4/332Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 January 1862
MS/257/4/410Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]7 July 1865
MS/257/4/330Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 December 1861
MS/257/4/379Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 August 1864
MS/257/4/322Sheet of notes [by Balfour Stewart][1858-1861]
MS/257/4/348Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]7 November 1862
MS/257/4/356Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine27 December 1862
MS/257/4/427Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]2 March 1866
MS/257/4/439Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]10 November 1866
MS/257/4/521Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart to [Edward Sabine]31 May 1870
MS/257/4/352Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 November 1862
MS/257/4/376Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 July 1864
MS/257/4/398Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 January 1865
MS/257/4/349Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 November 1862
MS/257/4/370Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine1 December 1863
MS/257/4/363Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine6 May 1863
MS/257/4/359Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine29 January 1863
MS/257/4/423Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 February 1866
MS/257/4/442Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]10 December 1866
MS/257/4/417Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]11 November 1865
MS/257/4/350Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]11 November 1862
MS/257/4/407Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]31 May 1865
MS/257/4/434Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [John Peter] Gassiot7 June 1866
MS/257/4/431Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]14 May 1866
MS/257/4/411Letter from Balfour Stewart, London to [Edward Sabine]19 August 1865
MS/257/4/405Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 May 1865
MS/257/4/256Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine20 March 1860
MS/257/4/520Letter from Balfour Stewart, 7 Medina Villas, Richmond to [Edward Sabine]30 May 1870
MS/257/4/366Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 August 1863
MS/257/4/383Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]26 September 1864
MS/257/4/304Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine26 March 1861
MS/257/4/357Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 January 1863
MS/257/4/358Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine12 January 1863
MS/257/4/365Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine11 August 1863
MS/257/4/316Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine12 August 1861
MS/257/4/317Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine17 August 1861
MS/257/4/404Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]11 May 1865
MS/257/4/478Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 November 1867
MS/257/4/395Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]9 January 1865
MS/257/4/488Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine22 May 1868
MS/257/4/378Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine16 August 1864
MS/257/4/368Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]16 November 1863
MS/257/4/384Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]29 September 1864
MS/257/4/408Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]7 June 1865
MS/257/4/421Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]9 February 1866
MS/257/4/402Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]3 May 1865
MS/257/4/386Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]6 October 1864
MS/257/4/403Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]5 May 1865
MS/257/4/399Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]18 February 1865
MS/257/4/424Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 February 1866
MS/257/4/396Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]16 January 1865
MS/257/4/401Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]27 April 1865
MS/257/4/309Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine27 April 1861
MS/257/4/456Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]27 February 1867
MS/257/4/422Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]10 February 1866
MS/257/4/415Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 October 1865
MS/257/4/432Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [John Peter] Gassiot17 May 1866
MS/257/4/412Letter from Balfour Stewart, London to [Edward Sabine]22 August 1865
MS/257/4/329Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine18 December 1861
MS/257/4/454Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]19 February 1867
MS/257/4/414Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine20 September 1865
MS/257/4/255Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine16 March 1860
MS/257/4/437Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]19th century
MS/257/4/436Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]9 July 1866
MS/257/4/461Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]10 May 1867
MS/257/4/464Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]19 June 1867
MS/257/4/462Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]14 May 1867
MS/257/4/425Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]26 February 1866
MS/257/4/375Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]29 March 1864
MS/257/4/429Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]19 March 1866
MS/257/4/283Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine30 October 1860
MS/257/4/428Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]14 March 1866
MS/257/4/495Letter from Balfour Stewart to [Edward Sabine]8 November 1868
MS/257/4/353Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine13 December 1862
MS/257/4/491Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]19 September 1868
MS/257/4/446Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]31 December 1866
MS/257/4/448Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]11 January 1867
MS/257/4/449Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]16 January 1867
MS/257/4/466Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]10 July 1867
MS/257/4/482Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]7 February 1868
MS/257/4/473Letter from Balfour Stewart, 5 Alva Street, Edinburgh to [Edward Sabine]11 September 1867
MS/257/4/451Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]28 January 1867
MS/257/4/467Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]26 July 1867
MS/257/4/468Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]30 July 1867
MS/257/4/455Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]26 February 1867
MS/257/4/469Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine2 August 1867
MS/257/4/470Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 August 1867
MS/257/4/481Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]14 December 1867
MS/257/4/394Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]31 December 1864
MS/257/4/472Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 August 1867
MS/257/4/486Letter from Balfour Stewart, 15 Pall Mall to [Edward Sabine]24 April 1848
MS/257/4/476Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]3 October 1867
MS/257/4/475Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]27 September 1867
MS/257/4/474Letter from Balfour Stewart, 5 Alva Street, Edinburgh to [Edward Sabine]11 September 1867
MS/257/4/497Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]1 December 1868
MS/257/4/489Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]7 August 1868
MS/257/4/485Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine27 February 1868
MS/257/4/483Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine20 February 1868
MS/257/4/492Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine26 October 1868
MS/257/4/504Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]21 April 1869
MS/257/4/499Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]21 January 1869
MS/257/4/513Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]14 September 1869
MS/257/4/501Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]4 March 1869
MS/257/4/505Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine27 April 1869
MS/257/4/506Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]30 April 1869
MS/257/4/503Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]9 April 1869
MS/257/4/508Letter from Balfour Stewart, 7 Medina Villas, Richmond to [Edward Sabine]15 May 1869
MS/257/4/440Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 November 1866
MS/257/4/281Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine20 October 1860
MS/257/4/479Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]13 November 1867
MS/257/4/299Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine30 January 1861
MS/257/4/509Letter from Balfour Stewart, Cranford to [Edward Sabine]22 May 1869
MS/257/4/512Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]2 June 1869
MS/257/4/308Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine22 April 1861
MS/257/4/515Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]17 September 1869
MS/257/4/291Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 December 1860
MS/257/4/523Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]1 June 1870
MS/257/4/522Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart to [Edward Sabine]31 May 1870
MS/257/4/525Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kings Head Hotel, Harrow to [Edward Sabine]9 March 1871
MS/257/4/239Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine11 November 1859
PP/7/14Paper, 'Preliminary results of a comparison of certain simultaneous fluctuations of the declination at Kew and at Stonyhurst during the years 1883 and 1884, as recorded by the magnetographs at these observatories' by Stephen Joseph Perry and Balfour Stewart1885
MS/257/4/254Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine13 March 1860
MS/257/4/285Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 November 1860
MS/257/4/518Correspondence between Balfour Stewart and [John Peter] Gassiot[1869]
MS/257/4/340Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine27 August 1862
MS/257/4/241Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 November 1859
MS/257/4/343Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 September 1862
MS/257/4/240Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine12 November 1859
MS/257/4/279Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine17 September 1860
MS/257/4/246Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine24 December 1859
MS/257/4/257Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine22 March 1860
MS/257/4/334Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine25 February 1862
MS/257/4/321Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine31 October 1861
MS/257/4/369Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine30 November 1863
MS/257/4/296Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine17 January 1861
MS/257/4/409Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]20 June 1865
MS/257/4/319Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 October 1861
MS/257/4/335Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine12 March 1862
MS/257/4/372Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 February 1864
MS/257/4/333Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine17 February 1862
MS/257/4/362Letter from Balfour Stewart, London to Edward Sabine26 March 1863
MS/257/4/339Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 July 1862
MS/257/4/397Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]23 January 1865
MS/257/4/418Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]1 December 1865
MS/257/4/494Letter from Balfour Stewart, Falmouth Observatory to [Edward Sabine]2 October 1868
MS/257/4/413Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine29 August 1865
MS/257/4/430Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 March 1866
MS/257/4/420Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 January 1866
MS/257/4/426Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]1 March 1866
MS/257/4/496Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 November 1868
MS/257/4/498Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]15 January 1869
MS/257/4/502Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]2 April 1869
MS/257/4/286Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 November 1860
MS/257/4/271Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine11 July 1860
MS/257/4/259Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine23 March 1860
MS/257/4/233Copy of a letter from Balfour Stewart to [John Peter] Gassiot19th century
MS/257/4/270Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine9 July 1860
MS/257/4/514Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [John Peter] Gassiot17 September 1869
MS/257/4/242Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine5 December 1859
MS/257/4/236Letter from Balfour Stewart, St Johns Grove, Richmond to Edward Sabine13 August 1859
MS/257/4/248Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine5 January 1860
MS/257/4/458Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]26 March 1867
MS/257/4/280Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine18 October 1860
MS/257/4/314Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine28 June 1861
MS/257/4/341Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine30 August 1862
MS/257/4/381Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 September 1864
MS/257/4/344Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine18 September 1862
MS/257/4/463Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 May 1867
MS/257/4/447Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]5 January 1867
MS/257/4/471Letter from Balfour Stewart, Richmond to [Edward Sabine]19 August 1867
MS/257/4/490Letter from Balfour Stewart, Norwich to [Edward Sabine]22 August 1868
MS/257/4/249Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine18 January 1860
MS/257/4/262Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine3 May 1860
MS/257/4/275Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine30 July 1860
MS/257/4/282Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine25 October 1860
MS/257/4/297Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine25 January 1861
MS/257/4/325Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine14 November 1861
MS/257/4/371Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine29 December 1863
MS/257/4/377Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]18 July 1864
MS/257/4/419Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]16 December 1865
MS/257/4/360Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]12 March 1863
MS/257/4/278Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 September 1860
MS/257/4/300Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine6 February 1861
MS/257/4/310Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]2 May 1861
MS/257/4/465Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine5 July 1867
MS/257/4/277Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine22 August 1860
PP/4/2Paper, 'Note on the irregularities in magnetic inclination on the west coast of Scotland' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and Arthur William Rucker1883
PP/1/33Paper, 'Preliminary report to the Solar Physics Committee on [incomplete]' by Balfour Stewart[1882]
RR/4/257Letter from Balfour Stewart, on his paper 'On the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28 to September 7, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory' to the Secretary of the Royal Society30 October 1861
RR/4/260Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd on a paper 'On the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28 to September 7, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart14 August 1861
RR/5/92Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Account of magnetic observations made in the years 1858–61 inclusive, in British Columbia, Washington Territory, and Vancouver Island' by Robert Wolseley Haig2 December 1863
RR/5/258Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart3 July 1863
RR/5/259Letter from Edward Sabine, to William Sharpey, regarding a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart24 July 1863
RR/5/260Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart20 July 1863
RR/6/101Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy14 July 1868
RR/6/102Referee's report by John Phillips, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy17 August 1868
RR/6/146Second referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewynd [1868]
RR/7/28Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'Researches on solar physics - No. II. The positions and areas of the spots observed at Kew during the years 1864, 1865, 1866, also the spotted area the sun's visible disk from the commencement of 1832 up to May 1868' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy11 June 1870
RR/7/480Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell1 August 1876
RR/8/250Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the determination of the constants of the cup anemometer by experiments with a whirling machine—part II' by Thomas Romney Robinson27 July 1880
RR/9/334Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers1886
RR/9/335Letter from Balfour Stewart, 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 Rayleigh17 June 1886
RR/9/336Re-written referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers1886
RR/9/337Letter from Balfour Stewart, 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 Rayleigh30 June 1886
RR/9/340Second referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers[19 October 1886]
RR/5/59Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on two papers 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' and 'Researches on solar physics.-No. II. The positions and areas of the spots observed at Kew during the years 1864-66, also the spotted area of the sun's visible disk from the com­mencement of 1832 up to May 1868' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy1 June 1865
RR/5/264Letter from Balfour Stewart, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding two papers 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' and 'Researches on solar physics.—No. II. The positions and areas of the spots observed at Kew during the years 1864, 1865, 1866, also the spotted area the sun's visible disk from the commencement of 1832 up to May 1868' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy5 July 1865
RR/6/181Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'On a method of making a direct comparison of electrostatic with electro­magnetic force; with a note on the electromagnetic theory of light' by James Clerk Maxwell, and 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy19 October 1868
PP/3/5/1Manuscript, 'Description of an apparatus employed at the Kew Observatory, Richmond, for the examination of the dark glasses and mirrors of sextants' by G M [George Mathews] Whipple1883
MC/14/117Letter from [Stephen Joseph] Perry, Stonyhurst Observatory, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes17 March 1866
AP/63/5Unpublished paper, 'On the surface forces in fluids' by A M [Arthur Mason] Worthington1884
AP/63/5/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the surface forces in fluids' by A M [Arthur Mason] Worthington1884
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