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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'one of the most important communications upon the subject of voltaic electricity'. He states that 'such a paper will do honour to our Transactions'. He also apologises for not being able to make the next Committee meeting.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1843].

Reference number
RR/1/261
Earliest possible date
24 June 1843
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Frederic Daniell

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John Frederic Daniell, Referee's report by John Frederic Daniell, on a paper 'An account of several new instruments and processes for determining the constants of a voltaic circuit' by Charles Wheatstone, 24 June 1843, RR/1/261, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_261/referees-report-by-john-frederic-daniell-on-a-paper-an-account-of-several-new-instruments-and-processes-for-determining-the-constants-of-a-voltaic-circuit-by-charles-wheatstone, accessed on 07 February 2025

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