Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'On the magnetic character of the armour-plated ships of the royal navy, and on the effect on the compass of particular arrangements of iron in a ship' by Frederick John Owen Evans and Archibald Smith Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Recommends also that the paper be circulated amongst ship builders and commanders. 'Would that our Rulers could be taught that Science is not only Power but Economy'. Subject: Physics and Chemistry [Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865] 22 April 1865