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Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the magnetic action of displacement-currents in a dielectric' by Silvanus Phillips Thompson

Reference number: RR/10/306

Date: 11 March 1889

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No stated opinion regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Criticises the method employed.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1889]

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RR/10/306
Earliest possible date
11 March 1889
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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 magnetic action of displacement-currents in a dielectric' by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, 11 March 1889, RR/10/306, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_306/referees-report-by-john-hopkinson-on-a-paper-on-the-magnetic-action-of-displacement-currents-in-a-dielectric-by-silvanus-phillips-thompson, accessed on 05 December 2024

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