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THE extreme sensitiveness of the induction balance to all molecular changes in the structure of metals was remarked in my first paper on this subject to the Royal Society;2 and in the case of iron and steel it is most remarkable, as the addition or subtraction of 1/500,000th part, or the addition of the smallest iron filing to an already large balanced mass of iron, is at once rendered evident and measurable.
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Paper read before the Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians, on May 24, 1883, by Prof. D. E. Hughes, F.R.S., Vice-President.
"On an Induction Current Balance, and Experimental Researches made therewith."—Proceedings Royal Society, March 29, 1879, p. 56.
"On the Molecular Rigidity of Tempered Steel," by Prof. D. E. Hughes, F.R.S. (Proceedings Institution of Mechanical Engineers, pp 72–79, January, 1883.)
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The Cause of Evident Magnetism in Iron, Steel, and Other Magnetic Metals 1 . Nature 28, 159–162 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028159b0
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