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Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On the determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit of electricity' by Joseph John Thomson

Reference number: RR/9/190

Date: 18 September 1883

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Recommended for publication but the referee does not state which publication. The experiments have been 'carried out with great ingenuity and care'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].

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RR/9/190
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18 September 1883
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Davidson Niven

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William Davidson Niven, Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On the determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit of electricity' by Joseph John Thomson, 18 September 1883, RR/9/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_190/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-on-the-determination-of-the-number-of-electrostatic-units-in-the-electromagnetic-unit-of-electricity-by-joseph-john-thomson, accessed on 15 October 2024

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