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As I was reading in a recent issue of your valuable journal (vol. xxiii. p. 482) a letter on the magnetic storm of August, 1880, showing the universality and simultaneity of the disturbance by comparing the observations at Greenwich, Toronto, Zi-ka-Wei, and Melbourne, I felt curious to know whether any such disturbance was noted here in the Government Observatory, and if so, whether the time corresponded with that given in your paper. On my application the gentleman in charge of the Observatory put into my hands, the inclosed abstract for the whole month of August, which I herewith forward to you. It contains, as you will see, not only the magnetic observations with the unifilar, bifilar and balance, but also the meteorological data for the necessary correction, &c. The reference throughout the paper is to the local time, which may be easily reduced to the Greenwich time, as the longitude is given. The observations, I may add, are quite reliable, though made by native agency, and I hope may prove useful on this occasion. But the paper inclosed I fear is too long to find room in your crowded columns, and what I beg you to do is to place it at the disposal of any of your scientific contributors or friends who take an interest in the question of terrestrial magnetism, and may be therefore expected to make use of the material here furnished.
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PILLAY, P. Trevandrum Observatory. Nature 24, 124 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024124b0
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