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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to H B Wheatley, regarding a paper 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon

Reference number: RR/8/104

Date: 24 August 1878

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As the paper has been withdrawn, requests that the text, but not the drawings, be returned to the author. Only the text need be sent as the author plans to resubmit once the paper has been modified.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]

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RR/8/104
Earliest possible date
24 August 1878
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to H B Wheatley, regarding a paper 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon, 24 August 1878, RR/8/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_104/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-h-b-wheatley-regarding-a-paper-measurements-of-electrical-constants-no-ii-on-the-specific-inductive-capacities-of-certain-dielectrics-part-i-by-j-e-h-gordon, accessed on 14 December 2024

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