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Unpublished paper, 'The magnetic behaviour of iron at very high temperatures' by N W McLachlan

Reference number: AP/79/6

Date: 1915

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The object of McLachlan's investigation is 'to extend the range of frequency [of alternating magnetisation on iron] to 10^6 periods per second utilising a Poulsen arc generator capable of developing about 0.5kW of high frequency power' using silicon iron and pure iron plates of different thicknesses.

Subject: Physics / Magnetism

Received 17 November 1915. Not read. Communicated by Sir Oliver Lodge.

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AP/79/6
Earliest possible date
1915
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Ink on paper
Page extent
32 pages
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Typescript

Creator name

N W McLachlan

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N W McLachlan, Unpublished paper, 'The magnetic behaviour of iron at very high temperatures' by N W McLachlan, 1915, AP/79/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_79_6/unpublished-paper-the-magnetic-behaviour-of-iron-at-very-high-temperatures-by-n-w-mclachlan, accessed on 18 July 2025

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