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Referee's report by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, on a paper 'On a method of making a direct comparison of electrostatic with electro­magnetic force; with a note on the electromagnetic theory of light' by James Clerk Maxwell

Reference number: RR/6/180

Date: 16 July 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/180
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16 July 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin

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Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, Referee's report by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, on a paper 'On a method of making a direct comparison of electrostatic with electro­magnetic force; with a note on the electromagnetic theory of light' by James Clerk Maxwell, 16 July 1868, RR/6/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_180/referees-report-by-henry-charles-fleeming-jenkin-on-a-paper-on-a-method-of-making-a-direct-comparison-of-electrostatic-with-electromagnetic-force-with-a-note-on-the-electromagnetic-theory-of-light-by-james-clerk-maxwell, accessed on 11 October 2024

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