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Referee's report by Oliver Heaviside, on a paper 'On the vibrations in the field round a theoretical hertzian oscillator' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee

Reference number: RR/14/218

Date: 28 February 1899

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Criticises the equations.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/14/218
Earliest possible date
28 February 1899
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Standardised form (type A)
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Oliver Heaviside

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Oliver Heaviside, Referee's report by Oliver Heaviside, on a paper 'On the vibrations in the field round a theoretical hertzian oscillator' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee, 28 February 1899, RR/14/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_218/referees-report-by-oliver-heaviside-on-a-paper-on-the-vibrations-in-the-field-round-a-theoretical-hertzian-oscillator-by-karl-pearson-and-alice-lee, accessed on 17 January 2025

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