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Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'Introductory research on the induction of magnetism by electrical currents' by James Prescott Joule

Reference number: RR/3/157

Date: 04 January 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Referee still had doubts about the paper - the conclusions do not seem warranted and the mode of experiment seems doubtful. Asks the Council to bear this in mind.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1856].

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RR/3/157
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04 January 1856
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'Introductory research on the induction of magnetism by electrical currents' by James Prescott Joule, 04 January 1856, RR/3/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_157/referees-report-by-john-tyndall-on-a-paper-introductory-research-on-the-induction-of-magnetism-by-electrical-currents-by-james-prescott-joule, accessed on 10 December 2024

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