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Letter from William Edward Ayrton, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Alternate current dynamo-electric machines' by John Hopkinson and E Wilson

Reference number: RR/12/336

Date: 22 July 1895

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On first reading the paper, did not find the reasoning sound, however was included to put this down to illness. On recent reading however, still finds the reasoning unsound. Will send a full report soon.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Applied Sciences

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1896]

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RR/12/336
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22 July 1895
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2 pages
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William Edward Ayrton

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William Edward Ayrton, Letter from William Edward Ayrton, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Alternate current dynamo-electric machines' by John Hopkinson and E Wilson, 22 July 1895, RR/12/336, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_336/letter-from-william-edward-ayrton-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-alternate-current-dynamo-electric-machines-by-john-hopkinson-and-e-wilson, accessed on 17 April 2025

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