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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'Researches in vortex motion.—Part III. On spiral or gyrostatic vortex aggregates' by William Mitchinson Hicks

Reference number: RR/14/57

Date: 16 March 1898

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Assumes the analyses to be correct, as has not had time to verify them.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 16 March 1898.

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RR/14/57
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16 March 1898
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Joseph John Thomson

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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'Researches in vortex motion.—Part III. On spiral or gyrostatic vortex aggregates' by William Mitchinson Hicks, 16 March 1898, RR/14/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_57/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-researches-in-vortex-motionpart-iii-on-spiral-or-gyrostatic-vortex-aggregates-by-william-mitchinson-hicks, accessed on 21 January 2026

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