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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Vincent Walker

Reference number: RR/3/272

Date: 19 June 1857

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Would be better placed in the publications of the Institute of Civil Engineers.

Subject: Engineering

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

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RR/3/272
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19 June 1857
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Vincent Walker, 19 June 1857, RR/3/272, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_272/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-a-system-of-train-signalling-by-which-also-disabled-trains-may-telegraph-for-assistance-without-the-aid-of-portable-apparatus-by-charles-vincent-walker, accessed on 21 January 2025

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