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Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On Aeolotropic elastic solids' by Charles Chree

Reference number: RR/10/139

Date: 08 November 1888

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Feels justified in his judgement of the paper. Refers to previous paper in the Philosophical Magazine. Refers to work of George Biddell Airy. Is happy for the letter to be sent to Alfed George Greenhill.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/10/139
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08 November 1888
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On Aeolotropic elastic solids' by Charles Chree, 08 November 1888, RR/10/139, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_139/letter-from-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-aeolotropic-elastic-solids-by-charles-chree, accessed on 12 November 2024

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