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Paper, 'Magnetic properties of pure iron' by Francis Lydall and Alfred W S Pocklington

Reference number: PP/20/19

Date: 1892

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The authors write: 'The following results were obtained at King’s College, Strand, for a specimen of very pure iron. The experiments were made under the direction of Dr. Hopkinson. The sample was supplied to him by Sir Frederick Abel, K. C. B., F. R. S., to whom it was sent by Colonel Dyer, of the Elswick Works.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Magnetism / Metallurgy

Received 4 May 1892. Read 16 June 1892. Communicated by John Hopkinson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Magnetic properties of pure iron'.

Reference number
PP/20/19
Earliest possible date
1892
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
9 pages
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Manuscript

Creator names

Francis Lydall

Alfred W S Pocklington

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Francis Lydall, Alfred W S Pocklington, Paper, 'Magnetic properties of pure iron' by Francis Lydall and Alfred W S Pocklington, 1892, PP/20/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_19/paper-magnetic-properties-of-pure-iron-by-francis-lydall-and-alfred-w-s-pocklington, accessed on 28 April 2025

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