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Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'Some applications of dynamical principles to physical phenomena.—Part II' by Joseph John Thomson

Reference number: RR/10/93

Date: 06 May 1887

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author wtihdraw the paper, and definitive proofs put forward. Does not think Part I should have been printed in the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/10/93
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06 May 1887
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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, Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'Some applications of dynamical principles to physical phenomena.—Part II' by Joseph John Thomson, 06 May 1887, RR/10/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_93/referees-report-by-william-thomson-1st-baron-kelvin-on-a-paper-some-applications-of-dynamical-principles-to-physical-phenomenapart-ii-by-joseph-john-thomson, accessed on 16 July 2026

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