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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The author must prove that his observations could not have been reached in any other way. The experiments as they stand are incomplete and inconclusive.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/10/307
Earliest possible date
28 March 1889
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Francis Fitzgerald

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George Francis Fitzgerald, Referee's report by George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'On the magnetic action of displacement-currents in a dielectric' by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, 28 March 1889, RR/10/307, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_307/referees-report-by-george-francis-fitzgerald-on-a-paper-on-the-magnetic-action-of-displacement-currents-in-a-dielectric-by-silvanus-phillips-thompson, accessed on 10 November 2024

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