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IN a lecture delivered by Mr. Willoughby Smith before the Royal Institution in June last (see Proceedings) ne experiments are detailed, which are considered to afford an explanation of discrepancies in the results of various investigators relating to the ohm, or absolute unit of electrical resistance. As having given more attention than probably any one else in recent years to this subject, I should like to make a few remarks upon Mr. Willoughby Smith's views, which naturally carry weight corresponding to the good service done by the author in this branch of science.
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RAYLEIGH Self-Induction in Relation to Certain Experiments of Mr. Willoughby Smith, and to the Determination of the Ohm . Nature 32, 7 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032007a0
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