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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The information contained in the paper was forestalled by a short paper in the Proceedings, upon which the current paper greatly improves. Makes some suggestions regarding the experiments for the consideration of the author.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/120
Earliest possible date
20 March 1888
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Alfred Ewing

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James Alfred Ewing, Referee's report by James Alfred Ewing, on a paper 'On the changes produced by magnetisation in the dimensions of rings and rods of iron and of some other metals' by Shelford Bidwell, 20 March 1888, RR/10/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_120/referees-report-by-james-alfred-ewing-on-a-paper-on-the-changes-produced-by-magnetisation-in-the-dimensions-of-rings-and-rods-of-iron-and-of-some-other-metals-by-shelford-bidwell, accessed on 15 March 2025

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