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Referee's report by Archibald Smith, 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/4/2

Date: 16 July 1862

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The results don't appear to be 'sufficiently complete and exhaustive'.

Subject: Physics/Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

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RR/4/2
Earliest possible date
16 July 1862
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Archibald Smith

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Archibald Smith, Referee's report by Archibald Smith, 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, 16 July 1862, RR/4/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_2/referees-report-by-archibald-smith-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 19 June 2025

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