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Returns a copy of the proof to the Royal Society, in case it is required. Refers to a letter sent to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/209
Earliest possible date
05 December 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to Herbert Rix, regarding a paper 'On the dynamical theory of incompressible viscous fluids and the determination of the criterion' by Osborne Reynolds, 05 December 1894, RR/12/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_209/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-herbert-rix-regarding-a-paper-on-the-dynamical-theory-of-incompressible-viscous-fluids-and-the-determination-of-the-criterion-by-osborne-reynolds, accessed on 14 May 2026

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