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ON looking through these two volumes, the first thought that strikes one is that magnetical observations require a great deal of time for reduction and preparation for publication. In the Russian work, this great consumption of time is perhaps to some extent explained by the distance that separates the place of observation from any centre of civilisation, whence the results could be published, and the inevitable difficulties of communication. Perhaps still more is it to be explained by the fact, that several authors have to compile their separate portions under editorial supervision. Still, eleven years does seem a long interval to elapse between the completion of the observations and the distribution of the results to the public. In the Italian work; carried out in the cultured and accessible cities of Italy, six years have sufficed for the reduction and the printing.
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Magnetic Surveys. Nature 53, 403–404 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053403b0
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