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Paper, 'On the influence of screens in arresting the process of magnetic action' by Mr William Snow Harris

Reference number: PT/19/8

Date: 03 April 1831

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Subject: Magnetism

Published in volume 121 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the influence of screens in arresting the progress of magnetic action'.

Written by Harris in Plymouth. Read 16 June 1831.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 3, 1837.

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PT/19/8
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03 April 1831
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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William Snow Harris

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William Snow Harris, Paper, 'On the influence of screens in arresting the process of magnetic action' by Mr William Snow Harris, 03 April 1831, PT/19/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_19_8/paper-on-the-influence-of-screens-in-arresting-the-process-of-magnetic-action-by-mr-william-snow-harris, accessed on 18 January 2026

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