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RefNoPP/10/26/1
Previous numbersPP/42/26
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, 'On the magnetisation of iron in strong fields' by J A [James Alfred] Ewing and William Low
CreatorLow; William (fl 1887)
Date1887
DescriptionEwing and Low write: 'The behaviour of iron and steel when subjected to very strong magnetising forces is a matter of considerable practical and very great theoretical interest, especially from its bearing on the molecular theory of magnetisation, which assigns an upper limit to the intensity of magnetism that a piece of iron can acquire, and even suggests that the metal may become diamagnetic under the influence of a sufficiently great force. All experiments hitherto made, by magnetising iron in the field of an electric solenoid, have shown that the intensity of magnetism, as well as the induction, is increasing with the highest values actually given to the magnetising force.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of diagrams of experimental apparatus and results.

Subject: Physics / Magnetism

Received 2 March 1887. Read 24 March 1887. Communicated by William Thomson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the magnetisation of iron in strong fields'.
Extent21p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0042
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8053Ewing; Sir; James Alfred (1855 - 1935)1855 - 1935
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
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