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Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Shear patterns in an unstable layer of air' by A Graham

Reference number: RR/49/141

Date: 15 May 1933

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests omitting some of the descriptions of photographs and experiments. Provides detailed criticism of the mathematics.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1934]

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RR/49/141
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15 May 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Shear patterns in an unstable layer of air' by A Graham, 15 May 1933, RR/49/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_49_141/referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-shear-patterns-in-an-unstable-layer-of-air-by-a-graham, accessed on 18 May 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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