Unpublished paper, 'On the mathematical laws of electro magnetism' by Peter Barlow

Reference number: AP/11/3

Date: 1822

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Barlow recounts his electromagnetic experiments using magnets and wires, and attempts to define laws based in mathematics to explain the effect of a galvanic wire on the compass. Includes one page of illustrations.

Final page verso is marked '(Withdrawn)'. Minor corrections appear throughout in ink.

Subject: Physics

Communicated by Major [Thomas Frederick] Colby. Read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1822.

Reference number: AP/11/3
Earliest possible date: 1822
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 22 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Peter Barlow

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Peter Barlow, Unpublished paper, 'On the mathematical laws of electro magnetism' by Peter Barlow, 1822, AP/11/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_11_3/unpublished-paper-on-the-mathematical-laws-of-electro-magnetism-by-peter-barlow, accessed on 13 November 2025

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1768-1989 Reference number: AP
Archived papers: volume 11, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1822-1825
1820-1825 Reference number: AP/11

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Thomas Frederick Colby
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Peter Barlow
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