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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'On the dynamical theory of incompressible viscous fluids and the determination of the criterion' by Osborne Reynolds

Reference number: RR/12/377

Date: 1895

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The arguments are difficult to follow.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/12/377
Earliest possible date
1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Horace Lamb

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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'On the dynamical theory of incompressible viscous fluids and the determination of the criterion' by Osborne Reynolds, 1895, RR/12/377, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_377/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-on-the-dynamical-theory-of-incompressible-viscous-fluids-and-the-determination-of-the-criterion-by-osborne-reynolds, accessed on 09 February 2025

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