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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Researches in animal electricity' by Charles Bland Radcliffe

Reference number: RR/7/49

Date: 1870

Description

Referee feels he cannot provide a clear decision on publication. The paper is 'very interesting' but is 'by no means satisfactory in an electrical point of view'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1870].

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RR/7/49
Earliest possible date
1870
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Report on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Researches in animal electricity' by Charles Bland Radcliffe, 1870, RR/7/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_49/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-researches-in-animal-electricity-by-charles-bland-radcliffe, accessed on 19 April 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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