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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit made in the Physical Laboratory of Glasgow University' by Dugald Kichan

Reference number: RR/7/249

Date: 1873

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'probably far more accurate than any yet made'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1873].

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RR/7/249
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1873
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit made in the Physical Laboratory of Glasgow University' by Dugald Kichan, 1873, RR/7/249, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_249/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-determination-of-the-number-of-electrostatic-units-in-the-electromagnetic-unit-made-in-the-physical-laboratory-of-glasgow-university-by-dugald-kichan, accessed on 10 December 2024

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