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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On Aeolotropic elastic solids' by Charles Chree

Reference number: RR/10/136

Date: 16 August 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not believe the author understands the subject. 'The last four lines of page 3 are absolutely fatal'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/136
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16 August 1888
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On Aeolotropic elastic solids' by Charles Chree, 16 August 1888, RR/10/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_136/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-aeolotropic-elastic-solids-by-charles-chree, accessed on 24 June 2025

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