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Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On the law which connects the various magneto-electric phenomena, lastly discovered by Dr Faraday' by William Ritchie

Reference number: RR/1/206

Date: 31 January 1838

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions by either referee. They express their regret that Ritchie is the author of 'so hastily a communication'.

Subject: Physics

[Not published].

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RR/1/206
Earliest possible date
31 January 1838
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Report on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Hunter Christie

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William Hasledine Pepys

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Samuel Hunter Christie, William Hasledine Pepys, Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On the law which connects the various magneto-electric phenomena, lastly discovered by Dr Faraday' by William Ritchie, 31 January 1838, RR/1/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_206/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-and-william-hasledine-pepys-on-a-paper-on-the-law-which-connects-the-various-magneto-electric-phenomena-lastly-discovered-by-dr-faraday-by-william-ritchie, accessed on 22 January 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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