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620:"XXIV.—On the Lunar Diurnal Variation of Magnetic Declination at Trevandrum, near the Magnetic Equator, deduced from Observations made in the Observatory of His Highness the Maharajah of Travancore, G.C.S.I."
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178:, in Scotland and when a director was sought, Forbes recommended Broun who worked there from 1842 to 1849. The observations Broun made at Makerstoun were published in the
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