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Letter from John Ambrose Fleming, on a paper 'The measurement of high potential difference' by H C Leake, R Leventhorpe and C S Whitehead to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/13/59

Date: 17 February 1896

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He has enclosed the letter from Joseph John Thomson. If it is possible to suspend the eight page rule, it should be published in Proceedings. He agrees with Thomson and believes the length of the paper should not matter in this case. The paper is a very advanced laboratory exercise and not a contribution to new knowledge.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1895].

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RR/13/59
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17 February 1896
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ambrose Fleming

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John Ambrose Fleming, Letter from John Ambrose Fleming, on a paper 'The measurement of high potential difference' by H C Leake, R Leventhorpe and C S Whitehead to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 17 February 1896, RR/13/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_59/letter-from-john-ambrose-fleming-on-a-paper-the-measurement-of-high-potential-difference-by-h-c-leake-r-leventhorpe-and-c-s-whitehead-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 24 January 2025

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