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Letter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Stress and other effects produced in resin and in a viscid compound of resin and oil by electrification' by Joseph Wilson Swan to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/13/274

Date: 29 May 1897

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He has enclosed his report. The paper is recommended for publication in Proceedings. It does not require any modifications.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].

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RR/13/274
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29 May 1897
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Letter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Stress and other effects produced in resin and in a viscid compound of resin and oil by electrification' by Joseph Wilson Swan to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 29 May 1897, RR/13/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_274/letter-from-silvanus-phillips-thompson-on-a-paper-stress-and-other-effects-produced-in-resin-and-in-a-viscid-compound-of-resin-and-oil-by-electrification-by-joseph-wilson-swan-to-robert-harrison-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 22 March 2025

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