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Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The complete system of the periods of a hollow vortex ring' by Henry Cabourn Pocklington

Reference number: RR/12/372

Date: 23 June 1895

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', unless the paper is considered too short. The paper completes an unfinished theory presented by Joseph John Thomson. The philosophical section can be omitted. Suggests the author review some of the faulty reasoning.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/12/372
Earliest possible date
23 June 1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Mitchinson Hicks

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William Mitchinson Hicks, Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The complete system of the periods of a hollow vortex ring' by Henry Cabourn Pocklington, 23 June 1895, RR/12/372, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_372/referees-report-by-william-mitchinson-hicks-on-a-paper-the-complete-system-of-the-periods-of-a-hollow-vortex-ring-by-henry-cabourn-pocklington, accessed on 09 December 2024

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