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Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'Dynamo-electric machinery' by John Hopkinson

Reference number: RR/9/363

Date: 01 June 1886

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'an important connecting link between the theoretical principles of magnetism and the development of dynamo-machinery'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].

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RR/9/363
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01 June 1886
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Grylls Adams

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William Grylls Adams, Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'Dynamo-electric machinery' by John Hopkinson, 01 June 1886, RR/9/363, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_363/referees-report-by-william-grylls-adams-on-a-paper-dynamo-electric-machinery-by-john-hopkinson, accessed on 21 June 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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