| Reference number | AP/15/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the law which connects the various magneto-electric phenomena lately discovered by Dr [Michael] Faraday' by William Ritchie |
| Date | [1832] |
| Description | Ritchie describes experiments designed to the prove the law of equal and opposite reaction in relation to electromagnetism, whereby a current of voltaic electricity can induce magnetism, and likewise magnets can induce voltaic currents.
John George Children's initials appear below the date received. Minor annotations appear throughout in graphite.
Subject: Physics
Received by the Royal Society on 12 December 1832. Read 13 December 1832. Ordered not to be printed 14 [February?] 1833.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the Law which connects the various Magneto-electric Phenomena lately discovered by Dr. Faraday'. |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0087 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/1/206 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5611 | Ritchie; William (c 1790 - 1837) | c 1790 - 1837 |
| NA8218 | Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian | 1791 - 1867 |