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Referee's report by James Thomson Bottomley, on a paper 'Quadrant electrometers' by William Edward Ayrton, John Perry and W E Sumpner

Reference number: RR/11/5

Date: 03 July 1891

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Before publication, the electrometer should be tested and the results recorded. A section of the paper should be omitted.

Subject: Physics/Engineering

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1891].

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RR/11/5
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03 July 1891
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Report on paper
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9 pages
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James Thomson Bottomley

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James Thomson Bottomley, Referee's report by James Thomson Bottomley, on a paper 'Quadrant electrometers' by William Edward Ayrton, John Perry and W E Sumpner, 03 July 1891, RR/11/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_5/referees-report-by-james-thomson-bottomley-on-a-paper-quadrant-electrometers-by-william-edward-ayrton-john-perry-and-w-e-sumpner, accessed on 09 March 2026

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