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Paper, 'A mathematical theory of magnetism. Part 2' by Wm [William] Thompson [Thomson]

Reference number: PT/40/11

Date: 1850

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Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A mathematical theory of magnetism.—continuation of part I'.

Communicated by Edward Sabine. Received and read by the Royal Society on 20 June 1850.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/40/11
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1850
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Ink on paper
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50 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Paper, 'A mathematical theory of magnetism. Part 2' by Wm [William] Thompson [Thomson], 1850, PT/40/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_40_11/paper-a-mathematical-theory-of-magnetism-part-2-by-wm-william-thompson-thomson, accessed on 12 October 2024

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