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Bidwell writes: 'In the year 1885 I submitted to the Royal Society the first of a series of papers upon the changes produced by magnetisation in the dimensions of rods etc. of iron and other magnetic metals [see PP/8/9].'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes two graphs of experimental results.

Subject: Magnetism / Metallurgy

Received 14 February 1894 / 15 February 1894. Read 1 March 1894.

A version of this paper was published in volume 56 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the effect of magnetisation upon the dimensions of iron rings in directions perpendicular to the magnetisa­tion, and upon the volume of the rings'.

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PP/24/7
Earliest possible date
1894
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript
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Shelford Bidwell

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Shelford Bidwell, Paper, 'On the effect of magnetisation upon the dimensions of wires and rings of annealed iron' by Shelford Bidwell, 1894, PP/24/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_24_7/paper-on-the-effect-of-magnetisation-upon-the-dimensions-of-wires-and-rings-of-annealed-iron-by-shelford-bidwell, accessed on 24 January 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Proceedings Papers' is comprised of manuscripts and occasional proofs of scientific papers sent to the Royal Society which were read before meetings of Fellows and printed in full in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

    Dates: 1882 - 1894

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