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Referee's report by Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'On the differences between the behaviour of real fluid from that of the mathematically perfect fluid' by A Mallock

Reference number: RR/14/64

Date: 01 June 1898

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, if the Royal Society is willing to take responsibility for what it publishes, and the author knows that it is likely to draw criticism. Finds much to criticise about the paper, but finds the experiments good. Refers to work of Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille.

Subject: Mathematics

[Not published]

Endorsed on recto as received 3 June 1898.

Reference number
RR/14/64
Earliest possible date
01 June 1898
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Osborne Reynolds

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Osborne Reynolds, Referee's report by Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'On the differences between the behaviour of real fluid from that of the mathematically perfect fluid' by A Mallock, 01 June 1898, RR/14/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_64/referees-report-by-osborne-reynolds-on-a-paper-on-the-differences-between-the-behaviour-of-real-fluid-from-that-of-the-mathematically-perfect-fluid-by-a-mallock, accessed on 18 April 2025

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