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Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the frictional resistances to the flow of air through a pipe' by John H Grindley and A H Gibson

Reference number: RR/17/164

Date: June 1907

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper less about 'Natural Knowledge' and more like 'Technical Engineering'. Cannot see that any care has been taken in maintaining the shape, diameter or sectional area of the lead pipe in the experiment, and no care taken in drying the experimental air of its saturation.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 11 June 1907.

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RR/17/164
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June 1907
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Standardised form (type A)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Mitchinson Hicks

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William Mitchinson Hicks, Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the frictional resistances to the flow of air through a pipe' by John H Grindley and A H Gibson, June 1907, RR/17/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_164/referees-report-by-william-mitchinson-hicks-on-a-paper-on-the-frictional-resistances-to-the-flow-of-air-through-a-pipe-by-john-h-grindley-and-a-h-gibson, accessed on 23 January 2026

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