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Referee's report by John Botstock, on a paper 'Experimental researches in electro-magnetism and magneto-electricity' by William Ritchie

Reference number: RR/1/208

Date: 02 February 1835

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper contains 'a considerable number of experiments, many of which are new, ingeniously contrived and well adapted to the purpose for which they were intended'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1833].

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RR/1/208
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02 February 1835
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Report on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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John Bostock

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John Bostock, Referee's report by John Botstock, on a paper 'Experimental researches in electro-magnetism and magneto-electricity' by William Ritchie, 02 February 1835, RR/1/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_208/referees-report-by-john-botstock-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-in-electro-magnetism-and-magneto-electricity-by-william-ritchie, accessed on 15 June 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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