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Letter from James Alfred Ewing, on his paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised or by magnetising them when twisted' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/137

Date: 19 October 1883

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Enquires as to the status of his paper - he has not heard whether it has been published or not.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].

Reference number
RR/9/137
Earliest possible date
19 October 1883
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from James Alfred Ewing, on his paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised or by magnetising them when twisted' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 19 October 1883, RR/9/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_137/letter-from-james-alfred-ewing-on-his-paper-on-the-production-of-transient-electric-currents-in-iron-and-steel-conductors-by-twisting-them-when-magnetised-or-by-magnetising-them-when-twisted-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 April 2025

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