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A DISCUSSION on solar and terrestrial relationships had heen arranged to take place on September 5 as part of the programme of Section A (Mathematical and Physical Sciences) of the British Association meeting at Dundee. The meeting was not held, owing to the international situation, and the following account contains the subject-matter of contributions from Dr. E. V. Appleton (radio effects), Mr. H. W. Newton (solar phenomena and terrestrial magnetism), Dr. A. D. Thackeray (solar phenomena), Prof. L. Vegard (auroral phenomena and the physics of the upper atmosphere), Prof. W. M. H. Greaves (the 27-day recurrence tendency of magnetic storms) and Prof. F. J. M. Stratton (general summary).
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Solar and Terrestrial Relationships. Nature 144, 808–810 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144808a0
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