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DR. CHREE in his reply (NATURE, September 8, p. 361) to my communication on solar activity and atmospheric electricity (NATURE, August 11, p. 203) first makes reference to the status of the question as to the effect of sun-spot activity on the secular change of the earth's magnetism. Those who have investigated this question have reached apparently contrary conclusions according to the phenomenon examined, the data used, and the method employed by the individual investigator. It would require too much space to enter into detail as to the reasons for the discordant results. Let it suffice here to state that Dr. Chree and I have investigated different phenomena. Thus Dr. Chree, on the basis of the Kew data alone, concluded, contrary to Leyst, that the secular change of the magnetic declination did not vary markedly, if at all, with sun-spottedness.
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Terr. Mag. and Atmos. Elect., vol. 23 (1918), pp. 1–22 and 61–68.
Proc. Phys. Soc., London, vol. 35, part 3, April 15, 1923, p. 132.
It is expected that this paper may appear in the December, 1923, issue of Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, when it is hoped that, in addition to other data, those for 1922 at Kew and Eskdalemuir will be available.
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BAUER, L. The Relation between Solar Activity and Atmospheric Electricity. Nature 112, 686 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112686a0
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