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Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On periodical laws discoverable in the mean effects of the larger magnetic disturbances' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/2/214

Date: 03 February 1851

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Paper provides a explanation upon which to further study into magnetism.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/214
Earliest possible date
03 February 1851
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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Michael Faraday, Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On periodical laws discoverable in the mean effects of the larger magnetic disturbances' by Edward Sabine, 03 February 1851, RR/2/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_214/referees-report-by-michael-faraday-on-a-paper-on-periodical-laws-discoverable-in-the-mean-effects-of-the-larger-magnetic-disturbances-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 15 June 2025

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