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Referee's report by Marc Isambard Brunel, on a paper 'On the resistance of fluids to bodies through water' by Walker

Reference number: RR/1/255

Date: 15 July 1833

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experiments are 'much too limited to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion on that question'.

Subject: Engineering

[Not published].

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RR/1/255
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15 July 1833
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Marc Isambard Brunel

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Marc Isambard Brunel, Referee's report by Marc Isambard Brunel, on a paper 'On the resistance of fluids to bodies through water' by Walker, 15 July 1833, RR/1/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_255/referees-report-by-marc-isambard-brunel-on-a-paper-on-the-resistance-of-fluids-to-bodies-through-water-by-walker, accessed on 05 December 2024

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