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Is happy to hear his suggestsed revisions may not be necessary. His recommendations were based on a misunderstanding, and suggests a revision of nomenclature to aid understanding. Is now happy to recommend the paper for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

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/14/220
Earliest possible date
26 March 1899
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Oliver Heaviside

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Oliver Heaviside, Letter from Oliver Heaviside, to Robert Harrison, regarding a paper 'On the vibrations in the field round a theoretical hertzian oscillator' by Karl Pearson and Alice Lee, 26 March 1899, RR/14/220, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_220/letter-from-oliver-heaviside-to-robert-harrison-regarding-a-paper-on-the-vibrations-in-the-field-round-a-theoretical-hertzian-oscillator-by-karl-pearson-and-alice-lee, accessed on 21 January 2025

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