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Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The atomic process in ferromagnetic Induction' by James Alfred Ewing

Reference number: RR/26/38

Date: August 1921

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Considers the author 'too out of touch with modern data...and stands where he did many years ago when he did pioneering work' to modify the paper. The important points of the paper have already been published elsewhere by the author.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1922]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 August 1921.

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RR/26/38
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August 1921
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Nicholson

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John William Nicholson, Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The atomic process in ferromagnetic Induction' by James Alfred Ewing, August 1921, RR/26/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_38/referees-report-by-john-william-nicholson-on-a-paper-the-atomic-process-in-ferromagnetic-induction-by-james-alfred-ewing, accessed on 21 January 2025

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