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Paper, 'On an effect of light upon magnetism' by Shelford Bidwell

Reference number: PP/13/27

Date: 1889

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Bidwell writes: 'Several experimenters in the early part of the present century tried to magnetise iron and steel by the action of light, but I do not know of any recent attempts in this direction, and of late years the thing has been generally regarded as impossible.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Optics

Received 11 March 1889. Read 21 March 1889.

A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On an effect of light upon magnetism'.

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PP/13/27
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1889
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Shelford Bidwell

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Shelford Bidwell, Paper, 'On an effect of light upon magnetism' by Shelford Bidwell, 1889, PP/13/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_13_27/paper-on-an-effect-of-light-upon-magnetism-by-shelford-bidwell, accessed on 19 September 2024

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