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Referee's report by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, on a paper 'Polarization of metallic surfaces in aqueous solutions. On a new method of obtaining electricity from mechanical force, and certain relations between electrostatic induction and the decomposition of water' by Cromwell Fleetwood Varley

Reference number: RR/7/142

Date: 21 February 1871

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Although, 'the style or grammar of the paper is bad in places' and the paper should be edited before publication.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871].

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RR/7/142
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21 February 1871
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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 'Polarization of metallic surfaces in aqueous solutions. On a new method of obtaining electricity from mechanical force, and certain relations between electrostatic induction and the decomposition of water' by Cromwell Fleetwood Varley, 21 February 1871, RR/7/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_142/referees-report-by-henry-charles-fleeming-jenkin-on-a-paper-polarization-of-metallic-surfaces-in-aqueous-solutions-on-a-new-method-of-obtaining-electricity-from-mechanical-force-and-certain-relations-between-electrostatic-induction-and-the-decomposition-of-water-by-cromwell-fleetwood-varley, accessed on 12 May 2025

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