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Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'On the motion of a plate of metal on an inclined plane, when dilated and contracted; and on the descent of glaciers' by Henry Moseley

Reference number: RR/4/188

Date: 21 June 1861

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1860].

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RR/4/188
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21 June 1861
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hopkins

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William Hopkins, Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'On the motion of a plate of metal on an inclined plane, when dilated and contracted; and on the descent of glaciers' by Henry Moseley, 21 June 1861, RR/4/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_188/referees-report-by-william-hopkins-on-a-paper-on-the-motion-of-a-plate-of-metal-on-an-inclined-plane-when-dilated-and-contracted-and-on-the-descent-of-glaciers-by-henry-moseley, accessed on 19 June 2025

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