Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens
Reference number: RR/8/259
Date: 04 October 1880

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds paper more suitable for the journal of a Professional Society, such as the Institute of Electrical Engineers or Society of Telegraph Engineers. Refers to work of Charles Wheatstone. The observations should be published, but not by the Royal Society.
Subject: Physics and Chemsitry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]
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- RR/8/259
- Earliest possible date
- 04 October 1880
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens, 04 October 1880, RR/8/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_259/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-dynamo-electric-current-and-on-certain-means-to-improve-its-steadiness-by-charles-william-siemens, accessed on 06 February 2025
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DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1880.0026
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