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Referee's report by John Ambrose Fleming, on a paper 'The effects of mechanical stress on the electrical resistance of metals' by James H Gray and James B Henderson

Reference number: RR/11/259

Date: 06 March 1893

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is sufficiently important enough to be published in full. The research has involved some very careful and laborious work. The results it obtains are of 'permanent utility'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1893].

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RR/11/259
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06 March 1893
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ambrose Fleming

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John Ambrose Fleming, Referee's report by John Ambrose Fleming, on a paper 'The effects of mechanical stress on the electrical resistance of metals' by James H Gray and James B Henderson, 06 March 1893, RR/11/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_259/referees-report-by-john-ambrose-fleming-on-a-paper-the-effects-of-mechanical-stress-on-the-electrical-resistance-of-metals-by-james-h-gray-and-james-b-henderson, accessed on 19 January 2025

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