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Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of fluids in motion - Part II' by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin and James Prescott Joule

Reference number: RR/2/239

Date: 31 October 1854

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/2/239
Earliest possible date
31 October 1854
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of fluids in motion - Part II' by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin and James Prescott Joule, 31 October 1854, RR/2/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_239/referees-report-by-john-tyndall-on-a-paper-on-the-thermal-effects-of-fluids-in-motion-part-ii-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-and-james-prescott-joule, accessed on 10 November 2025

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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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