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Reference numberRR/9/189
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the determination of the number of electrostatic units in the electromagnetic unit of electricity' by Joseph John Thomson
Date14 August 1883
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'valuable contribution'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1883.0023
Related records in the catalogueRR/9/190
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
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