| RefNo | RR/7/141 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Polarization of metallic surfaces in aqueous solutions. On a new method of obtaining electricity from mechanical force, and certain relations between electrostatic induction and the decomposition of water' by Cromwell Fleetwood Varley |
| Date | 5 January 1871 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, with modifications. The paper 'describes very new and very important phenomena'. Apologies for the delay in returning his report, as he was expecting to meet with the author to talk over the paper beforehand.
Subject: Physics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871]. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1871.0008 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/7/142 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8021 | Varley; Cromwell Fleetwood (1828 - 1883) | 1828 - 1883 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist | 1824 - 1907 |