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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On magneto-electric induction in liquids and gases.—Part I. production of induced currents in electrolytes' by John Ambrose Fleming

Reference number: RR/8/17

Date: 30 July 1877

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Hermann [?] and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Does not consider that the paper contains any new information, but the experiments are well carried out.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878]

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RR/8/17
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30 July 1877
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On magneto-electric induction in liquids and gases.—Part I. production of induced currents in electrolytes' by John Ambrose Fleming, 30 July 1877, RR/8/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_17/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-magneto-electric-induction-in-liquids-and-gasespart-i-production-of-induced-currents-in-electrolytes-by-john-ambrose-fleming, accessed on 13 January 2025

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