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Referee's report by Shelford Bidwell, on a paper 'Magnetic qualities of nickel' by James Alfred Ewing and G C Cowan

Reference number: RR/10/153

Date: 22 May 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of William Thomson, 2st Baron Kelvin, and makes a criticism of the experiment.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/10/153
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22 May 1888
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Shelford Bidwell

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Shelford Bidwell, Referee's report by Shelford Bidwell, on a paper 'Magnetic qualities of nickel' by James Alfred Ewing and G C Cowan, 22 May 1888, RR/10/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_153/referees-report-by-shelford-bidwell-on-a-paper-magnetic-qualities-of-nickel-by-james-alfred-ewing-and-g-c-cowan, accessed on 09 December 2024

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