Record

RefNoRR/8/259
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens
Date4 October 1880
DescriptionNot recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds paper more suitable for the journal of a Professional Society, such as the Institute of Electrical Engineers or Society of Telegraph Engineers. Refers to work of Charles Wheatstone. The observations should be published, but not by the Royal Society.

Subject: Physics and Chemsitry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1880.0026 Vol.171 1880
RelatedRecordRR/8/258
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6347Foster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); physicist1835 - 1919
NA6256Siemens; Sir; Charles William (1823 - 1883)1823 - 1883
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