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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'Tidal friction in the Irish Sea' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

Reference number: RR/25/50

Date: January 1919

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests changes and alterations to the text.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1920]

Endorsed on verso as received 21 January 1918.

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RR/25/50
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January 1919
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Horace Lamb

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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'Tidal friction in the Irish Sea' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, January 1919, RR/25/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_50/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-tidal-friction-in-the-irish-sea-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor, accessed on 12 February 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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