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Reference numberRR/9/284
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Magnetisation of iron' by John Hopkinson
Date8 October 1885
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'valuable contribution to the science of the subject and the practical applications are exceedingly interesting and of very great importance'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1885].
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1885.0008
Related records in the catalogueRR/9/283
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA8063Hopkinson; John (1849 - 1898); electrical engineer1849 - 1898
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