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Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the disruptive discharge of accumulated electricity, and the proximate cause of lightning' by Isham Baggs

Reference number: RR/1/5

Date: 26 February 1848

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Definite decision regarding publication not stated. Has offered suggestions on how to improve the paper.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].

Reference number
RR/1/5
Earliest possible date
26 February 1848
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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Michael Faraday, Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the disruptive discharge of accumulated electricity, and the proximate cause of lightning' by Isham Baggs, 26 February 1848, RR/1/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_5/referees-report-by-michael-faraday-on-a-paper-on-the-disruptive-discharge-of-accumulated-electricity-and-the-proximate-cause-of-lightning-by-isham-baggs, accessed on 14 December 2024

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