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Referee's report by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Effects of self-induction in iron cylinder' by Ernest Wilson

Reference number: RR/17/238

Date: June 1907

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has read the paper three times and still cannot recommend publication, due to it's inconclusive nature and poor presentation.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 18 June 1907.

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RR/17/238
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June 1907
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Standardised form (type C)
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4 pages
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Silvanus Phillips Thompson

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Referee's report by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Effects of self-induction in iron cylinder' by Ernest Wilson, June 1907, RR/17/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_238/referees-report-by-silvanus-phillips-thompson-on-a-paper-effects-of-self-induction-in-iron-cylinder-by-ernest-wilson, accessed on 17 March 2025

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