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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On a voltaic standard of electromotive force' by Josiah Latimer Clark

Reference number: RR/7/161

Date: 03 September 1872

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It 'belongs to a class not minded for publication in the Philosophical Transactions'. It would be better suites to the Journal of Electrical Engineers.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1871].

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RR/7/161
Earliest possible date
03 September 1872
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On a voltaic standard of electromotive force' by Josiah Latimer Clark, 03 September 1872, RR/7/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_161/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-on-a-voltaic-standard-of-electromotive-force-by-josiah-latimer-clark, accessed on 18 April 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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