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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On ellipsoidal current-sheets' by Horace Lamb

Reference number: RR/10/55

Date: 29 March 1887

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The mathematics is elegant.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887]

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RR/10/55
Earliest possible date
29 March 1887
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph John Thomson

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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On ellipsoidal current-sheets' by Horace Lamb, 29 March 1887, RR/10/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_55/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-on-ellipsoidal-current-sheets-by-horace-lamb, accessed on 13 October 2024

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