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Referee's report by John Perry, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the deflections of bent beams' by Louis Napoleon George Filon

Reference number: RR/14/160

Date: October 1899

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant and Daniel Bernoulli. Finds the experiments careless.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 October 1899.

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RR/14/160
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October 1899
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Standardised form (type A) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Perry, Referee's report by John Perry, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the deflections of bent beams' by Louis Napoleon George Filon, October 1899, RR/14/160, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_160/referees-report-by-john-perry-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-on-the-deflections-of-bent-beams-by-louis-napoleon-george-filon, accessed on 27 April 2025

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