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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the theory of internal resistance and internal friction in fluids; and on the theories of sound and of auscultation' by Robert Moon

Reference number: RR/3/202

Date: 09 July 1858

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. There are a lot of fallacies in the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1859].

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RR/3/202
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09 July 1858
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the theory of internal resistance and internal friction in fluids; and on the theories of sound and of auscultation' by Robert Moon, 09 July 1858, RR/3/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_202/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-theory-of-internal-resistance-and-internal-friction-in-fluids-and-on-the-theories-of-sound-and-of-auscultation-by-robert-moon, accessed on 14 October 2024

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