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Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A mathematical theory of magnetism'.

Communicated by Sir [Edward] Sabine. Received and read by the Royal Society on 21 June 1849.

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 5, 1851.

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PT/40/10
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1849
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Ink on paper
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88 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Paper, 'A mathematical theory of magnetism' by William Thomson, 1849, PT/40/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_40_10/paper-a-mathematical-theory-of-magnetism-by-william-thomson, accessed on 26 January 2025

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