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Detailed referee's report by Karl Pearson, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the deflections of bent beams' by Louis Napoleon George Filon

Reference number: RR/14/159

Date: 1899

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author undertake further experimental investigation. Refers to work of Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, Daniel Bernoulli, Augustus Edward Hough Love and James Alfred Ewing.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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RR/14/159
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1899
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Karl Pearson, Detailed referee's report by Karl Pearson, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the deflections of bent beams' by Louis Napoleon George Filon, 1899, RR/14/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_159/detailed-referees-report-by-karl-pearson-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-on-the-deflections-of-bent-beams-by-louis-napoleon-george-filon, accessed on 24 June 2025

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