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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised, or by magnetising them when twisted' by James Alfred Ewing

Reference number: RR/9/14

Date: 17 March 1882

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or the Proceedings. Has tried to repeat the experiments undertaken in the paper but they have not been successful.

Subject: Physics

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

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RR/9/14
Earliest possible date
17 March 1882
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 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 the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised, or by magnetising them when twisted' by James Alfred Ewing, 17 March 1882, RR/9/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_14/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-production-of-transient-electric-currents-in-iron-and-steel-conductors-by-twisting-them-when-magnetised-or-by-magnetising-them-when-twisted-by-james-alfred-ewing, accessed on 09 December 2024

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