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Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on a paper 'Homogeneous dynamos and terrestrial magnetism' by Edward Crisp Bullard and H Gellman, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/79/284

Date: 16 December 1953

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Paper reference code: A.255

Believes that the paper should be printed, though has noted various corrections required to the text. Cowling is happy for his name to be given to the authors so they can discuss his feedback directly.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1954].

Received 19 December 1953

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RR/79/284
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16 December 1953
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Thomas George Cowling

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Thomas George Cowling, Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on a paper 'Homogeneous dynamos and terrestrial magnetism' by Edward Crisp Bullard and H Gellman, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society, 16 December 1953, RR/79/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_284/letter-from-thomas-george-cowling-on-a-paper-homogeneous-dynamos-and-terrestrial-magnetism-by-edward-crisp-bullard-and-h-gellman-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 July 2026

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