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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field' by James Clerk Maxwell

Reference number: RR/5/137

Date: 15 March 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Asks to keep the paper a few more days.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

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RR/5/137
Earliest possible date
15 March 1865
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 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 'A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field' by James Clerk Maxwell, 15 March 1865, RR/5/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_137/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-a-dynamical-theory-of-the-electromagnetic-field-by-james-clerk-maxwell, accessed on 14 December 2024

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