Magnetism
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
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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...
Dates:
1862 - 1867
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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