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Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie and John Bostock, on a paper 'Experimental researches in electricity' by Michael Faraday

Reference number: RR/1/62

Date: 05 March 1832

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Referees claim that the 'facts contained in this paper...and the conclusions which he draws from them are so important'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1832].

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RR/1/62
Earliest possible date
05 March 1832
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Report on paper
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Hunter Christie

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John Bostock

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Samuel Hunter Christie, John Bostock, Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie and John Bostock, on a paper 'Experimental researches in electricity' by Michael Faraday, 05 March 1832, RR/1/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_62/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-and-john-bostock-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-in-electricity-by-michael-faraday, accessed on 12 November 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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