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RefNoRR/7/152
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Experiments on the directive power of large steel magnets, of bars of magnetized soft iron, and of galvanic coils, in their action on external small magnets. With appendix, containing an investigation of the attraction of a galvanic coil on a small magnetic mass' by George Biddell Airy
Date17 May 1872
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Provides modifications that should be actioned before publication.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1872].
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionReport on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1872.0018
RelatedRecordRR/7/151
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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