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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on two papers 'On a peculiar source of deterioration of the magnetic powers of steel bars' by William Sturgeon and 'On the supposed properties of the electric and magnetic fluids' by William Ford Stevenson

Reference number: RR/1/233

Date: 09 August 1845

Description

Both papers not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Stevenson's paper is 'utterly worthless' and Sturgeon's is 'not sufficiently new or important'.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

['On a peculiar source of deterioration of the magnetic powers of steel bars' published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].
['On the supposed properties of the electric and magnetic fluids' published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].

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RR/1/233
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09 August 1845
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on two papers 'On a peculiar source of deterioration of the magnetic powers of steel bars' by William Sturgeon and 'On the supposed properties of the electric and magnetic fluids' by William Ford Stevenson, 09 August 1845, RR/1/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_233/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-two-papers-on-a-peculiar-source-of-deterioration-of-the-magnetic-powers-of-steel-bars-by-william-sturgeon-and-on-the-supposed-properties-of-the-electric-and-magnetic-fluids-by-william-ford-stevenson, accessed on 19 January 2025

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