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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On the connexion between electric current and the electric and magnetic inductions in the surrounding field' by John Henry Poynting

Reference number: RR/9/301

Date: 17 July 1885

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. There are two points made in the paper which the referee isn't sure of.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1885].

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RR/9/301
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17 July 1885
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph John Thomson

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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On the connexion between electric current and the electric and magnetic inductions in the surrounding field' by John Henry Poynting, 17 July 1885, RR/9/301, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_301/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-on-the-connexion-between-electric-current-and-the-electric-and-magnetic-inductions-in-the-surrounding-field-by-john-henry-poynting, accessed on 20 September 2024

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