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Paper, 'Electrical interference phenomena somewhat analogous to Newton's Rings, but exhibited by waves along wires' by Edwin Henry Barton

Reference number: AP/70/5

Date: 1894

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Barton discusses the question of disturbances, presenting nine experiments. The disturbances alluded to 'arise from the fact that the electrical waves are not suddenly lost after their first incidence upon the abnormal part of the secondary, but course to and fro until they die out.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'This original MS is in part printed in Proceedings vol 56 and in part replaced by abridgement.'

Subject: Physics

Received 20 February 1894. Read 19 April 1894. Communicated by Arthur William Rücker.

A version of this paper was published in volume 57 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Electrical interference phenomena somewhat analogous to Newton's rings, but exhibited by waves passing along wires'.

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AP/70/5
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1894
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Ink, coloured pencil and graphite pencil on paper
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41 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Henry Barton

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Edwin Henry Barton, Paper, 'Electrical interference phenomena somewhat analogous to Newton's Rings, but exhibited by waves along wires' by Edwin Henry Barton, 1894, AP/70/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_70_5/paper-electrical-interference-phenomena-somewhat-analogous-to-newtons-rings-but-exhibited-by-waves-along-wires-by-edwin-henry-barton, accessed on 27 April 2025

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