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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the difference in the magnetic properties of hot-rolled and cold-rolled malleable iron, as regards the power of receiving and retaining induced magnetism of subpermanent character' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: RR/4/1

Date: 27 June 1862

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Recommended for publication in [Philosophical] Transactions. It is a 'record of accurate experiments', leading to a 'viable result' and 'on a subject of considerable practical importance'.

Subject: Physics/Mathematics.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

Reference number
RR/4/1
Earliest possible date
27 June 1862
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the difference in the magnetic properties of hot-rolled and cold-rolled malleable iron, as regards the power of receiving and retaining induced magnetism of subpermanent character' by George Biddell Airy, 27 June 1862, RR/4/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_1/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-on-the-difference-in-the-magnetic-properties-of-hot-rolled-and-cold-rolled-malleable-iron-as-regards-the-power-of-receiving-and-retaining-induced-magnetism-of-subpermanent-character-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 12 December 2025

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