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Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'Magnetic and other physical properties of iron at a high temperature' by John Hopkinson

Reference number: RR/10/275

Date: 16 May 1889

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Not recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Refers to work of Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/10/275
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16 May 1889
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Edward Ayrton

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William Edward Ayrton, Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'Magnetic and other physical properties of iron at a high temperature' by John Hopkinson, 16 May 1889, RR/10/275, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_275/referees-report-by-william-edward-ayrton-on-a-paper-magnetic-and-other-physical-properties-of-iron-at-a-high-temperature-by-john-hopkinson, accessed on 23 March 2025

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