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Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens

Reference number: RR/8/258

Date: 01 April 1880

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', along with the Appendix.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]

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RR/8/258
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01 April 1880
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hopkinson

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John Hopkinson, Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens, 01 April 1880, RR/8/258, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_258/referees-report-by-john-hopkinson-on-a-paper-on-the-dynamo-electric-current-and-on-certain-means-to-improve-its-steadiness-by-charles-william-siemens, accessed on 26 April 2025

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