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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the transmission of electric signals through submarine cables.-Part I. Laws of transmission through various lengths of one cable' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin

Reference number: RR/5/126

Date: 01 May 1862

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Apologises for not reviewing the paper sooner, and returns it via book post.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1862]

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RR/5/126
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01 May 1862
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the transmission of electric signals through submarine cables.-Part I. Laws of transmission through various lengths of one cable' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, 01 May 1862, RR/5/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_126/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-on-the-transmission-of-electric-signals-through-submarine-cables-part-i-laws-of-transmission-through-various-lengths-of-one-cable-by-henry-charles-fleeming-jenkin, accessed on 10 October 2024

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