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Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On the method employed for exploding a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gases, by a spark obtained from a common magnet' by William Ritchie

Reference number: RR/1/207

Date: 10 June 1832

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/1/207
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10 June 1832
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Hunter Christie

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Samuel Hunter Christie, Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On the method employed for exploding a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gases, by a spark obtained from a common magnet' by William Ritchie, 10 June 1832, RR/1/207, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_207/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-on-a-paper-on-the-method-employed-for-exploding-a-mixture-of-oxygen-and-hydrogen-gases-by-a-spark-obtained-from-a-common-magnet-by-william-ritchie, accessed on 11 April 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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