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Referee's report by John Ambrose Fleming, on two papers 'The distribution of the magnetic field and return current round a submarine cable carrying alternating current.—Part 1' by Charles V Drysdale and 'The distribution of the magnetic field and return current round a submarine cable carrying alternating current. —Part 2' by S Butterworth

Reference number: RR/28/125

Date: September 1923

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', although this is 'not as generally accessible for readers as the Proceedings'. The second paper shold be referred to a mathematician for review.

[Both papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1924]

Endorsed on verso as received 5 September 1923.

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September 1923
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John Ambrose Fleming, Referee's report by John Ambrose Fleming, on two papers 'The distribution of the magnetic field and return current round a submarine cable carrying alternating current.—Part 1' by Charles V Drysdale and 'The distribution of the magnetic field and return current round a submarine cable carrying alternating current. —Part 2' by S Butterworth, September 1923, RR/28/125, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_28_125/referees-report-by-john-ambrose-fleming-on-two-papers-the-distribution-of-the-magnetic-field-and-return-current-round-a-submarine-cable-carrying-alternating-currentpart-1-by-charles-v-drysdale-and-the-distribution-of-the-magnetic-field-and-return-current-round-a-submarine-cable-carrying-alternating-current-part-2-by-s-butterworth, accessed on 19 January 2025

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