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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/9/16

Date: 01 May 1882

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Second referee's report.

He has 'nothing different to say' since his last report. Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it should be published in a form which is fuller than an abstract. Although, not all the details in the paper are of 'much importance'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].

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RR/9/16
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01 May 1882
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Letter on paper
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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, 01 May 1882, RR/9/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_16/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 06 December 2024

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