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Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'Contributions to the theory of alternating currents' by W G Rhodes

Reference number: RR/14/88

Date: 29 January 1898

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The method leads to solutions which have not been published elsewhere. Suggests a pure mathematician would be best placed to decide on the value of the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 31 January 1898.

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RR/14/88
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29 January 1898
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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William Edward Ayrton

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William Edward Ayrton, Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'Contributions to the theory of alternating currents' by W G Rhodes, 29 January 1898, RR/14/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_88/referees-report-by-william-edward-ayrton-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-theory-of-alternating-currents-by-w-g-rhodes, accessed on 22 March 2025

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