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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On quantitative measurement in statical electricity, and on some new phenomena of electrical force' by William Snow Harris

Reference number: RR/3/130

Date: 01 September 1856

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1856].

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RR/3/130
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01 September 1856
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On quantitative measurement in statical electricity, and on some new phenomena of electrical force' by William Snow Harris, 01 September 1856, RR/3/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_130/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-on-quantitative-measurement-in-statical-electricity-and-on-some-new-phenomena-of-electrical-force-by-william-snow-harris, accessed on 17 January 2025

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