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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the exact form of waves near the surface of deep water'.

Received by the Royal Society on 27 September 1862. Read 27 November 1862.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 12, 1863.

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PT/68/5
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1862
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Ink on paper
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40 pages
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Manuscript

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William John Macquorn Rankine

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William John Macquorn Rankine, Paper, 'On the exact form of waves near the surface of deep water' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 1862, PT/68/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_68_5/paper-on-the-exact-form-of-waves-near-the-surface-of-deep-water-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 13 January 2025

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