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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Gustav Robert Kirchhoff and Siméon Denis Poisson. Suggests the latter part of the paper be more clearly qualified or revised.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/194
Earliest possible date
14 February 1888
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Horace Lamb

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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The small free vibrations and deformation of a thin elastic shell' by Augustus Edward Hough Love, 14 February 1888, RR/10/194, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_194/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-the-small-free-vibrations-and-deformation-of-a-thin-elastic-shell-by-augustus-edward-hough-love, accessed on 17 February 2025

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