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Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the magnetisation of iron and other magnetic metals in very strong fields' by James Alfred Ewing and William Low

Reference number: RR/10/154

Date: 11 November 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds a statement improbable, but is not prepared to show that it is impossible.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/154
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11 November 1888
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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John Hopkinson

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John Hopkinson, Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the magnetisation of iron and other magnetic metals in very strong fields' by James Alfred Ewing and William Low, 11 November 1888, RR/10/154, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_154/referees-report-by-john-hopkinson-on-a-paper-on-the-magnetisation-of-iron-and-other-magnetic-metals-in-very-strong-fields-by-james-alfred-ewing-and-william-low, accessed on 15 January 2025

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