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Letter from Karl Pearson, to Arthur William Rucker, regarding a paper 'On the vibrations in the field round a theoretical hertzian oscillator' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee

Reference number: RR/14/219

Date: 11 March 1899

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'I am still under the doctor's orders to do NO work, but in the absence of my custodians for an hour this afternoon I managed to look at our paper'. Refers to work of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, whose units and notation are followed. In response to the second referee, their solution is only one of many. Is willing to cut down the paper, but does not think the theory is erroneous.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 13 March 1899.

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RR/14/219
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11 March 1899
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7 pages
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Letter from Karl Pearson, to Arthur William Rucker, regarding a paper 'On the vibrations in the field round a theoretical hertzian oscillator' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee, 11 March 1899, RR/14/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_219/letter-from-karl-pearson-to-arthur-william-rucker-regarding-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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