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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'A dynamical theory of the electric and luminiferous medium.— Part III. relations with material media' by Joseph Larmor

Reference number: RR/13/207

Date: 09 June 1897

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It forms part of a series that already exists in Philosophical Transactions. His difficulty in understanding parts of the paper may be his fault and not the author's.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1897].

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RR/13/207
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09 June 1897
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph John Thomson

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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'A dynamical theory of the electric and luminiferous medium.— Part III. relations with material media' by Joseph Larmor, 09 June 1897, RR/13/207, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_207/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-a-dynamical-theory-of-the-electric-and-luminiferous-medium-part-iii-relations-with-material-media-by-joseph-larmor, accessed on 21 March 2025

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