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Papers on magnetic instruments and tests, 1862 - 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/679

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers concerning new magnetic instruments and results of tests. There are papers regarding the annual examination of magnetic declinations; horizontal force magnets; damper experiments with the declination magnets; old vertical and horizontal force instruments; lists of dislocations of the vertical force magnets; new vertical force magnets; comparisons of the Greenwich photographic records with those at Kew Observatory; magnet thermometer line graphs; a new underground holding for magnets; notes on the temperature of the magnetic basement room; unifilar magnets; J.A. de Souza's report on the Kew Observatory; S. Toovey's azimuth dial; and improved glass and ebonite cylinders for photographic sheets. The correspondents include J.V. Lamont, W.H. Miller, J.P. Gassiot, C. Brooke and B. Stewart.

Dates

  • 1862 - 1867

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

H1/15

Finding aid date

2006-01-06 11:54:31+00:00

Includes index.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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