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RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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672 Papers on magnetism and meteorology
673 Vertical force tables
674 Magnetic observations
675 Correspondence on magnetic observations
676 Correspondence on magnetic instruments
677 Correspondence on magnetism and photography
678 Papers on magnetism and photography
679 Papers on magnetic instruments and tests
680 Correspondence on the Greenwich Dip Instrument
681 Correspondence on magnetism and photography
682 Papers on compass corrections on iron ships
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Papers of George Airy

Title Correspondence on magnetism and photography
Reference RGO 6/677
(former reference: H1/13)
Covering Dates 1849–1854
Extent and Medium 1 box
Content and context

Correspondence with C. Brooke, F. Beaufort, E. Sabine and F. Ronalds concerning magnetic instruments and photographic registration. There are two circulars advertising Gray and Keen's floating compasses; specimens of photographic secondaries and tertiaries; papers regarding tests on various emulsions; and notes on the Greenwich magnetic instruments for 1853 and 1854.

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Index Terms
Magnetism
Photography
Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774-1857) Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer
Ronalds, Sir Francis (1788-1873) Knight, electrical engineer and meteorologist
Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, army officer and physicist
Brooke, Charles (1804-1879) surgeon and inventor of measuring instruments
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