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Letter from William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'Repulsion and rotation produced alternating electric currents' by Gilbert Thomas Walker to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/214

Date: 08 February 1892

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A point that was pointed out as incorrect in the referee report is actually correct, as he did not fully understand the point when he wrote the report.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

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RR/11/214
Earliest possible date
08 February 1892
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Davidson Niven

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William Davidson Niven, Letter from William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'Repulsion and rotation produced alternating electric currents' by Gilbert Thomas Walker to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 08 February 1892, RR/11/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_214/letter-from-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-repulsion-and-rotation-produced-alternating-electric-currents-by-gilbert-thomas-walker-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 December 2024

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