| RefNo | RR/1/233 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on two papers 'On a peculiar source of deterioration of the magnetic powers of steel bars' by William Sturgeon and 'On the supposed properties of the electric and magnetic fluids' by William Ford Stevenson |
| Date | 9 August 1845 |
| Description | Both papers not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Stevenson's paper is 'utterly worthless' and Sturgeon's is 'not sufficiently new or important'.
Subject: Physics / Chemistry
['On a peculiar source of deterioration of the magnetic powers of steel bars' published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].
['On the supposed properties of the electric and magnetic fluids' published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843]. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0022 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0056 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1/232 |
| AP/27/11 |
| AP/27/25 |
| RR/1/236 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7559 | Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist | 1802 - 1875 |