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Referee's report by Alexander Oliver Rankine, on a paper 'The viscosity of liquid helium' by J O Wilhelm, A D Misener and A R Clark

Reference number: RR/57/52

Date: April 1935

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', if modified. The method and outline of experimental conditions is not adequately established. Suggests remodelling the experiment as a comparison between damping effects.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 25 April 1935.

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RR/57/52
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April 1935
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Alexander Oliver Rankine, Referee's report by Alexander Oliver Rankine, on a paper 'The viscosity of liquid helium' by J O Wilhelm, A D Misener and A R Clark, April 1935, RR/57/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_57_52/referees-report-by-alexander-oliver-rankine-on-a-paper-the-viscosity-of-liquid-helium-by-j-o-wilhelm-a-d-misener-and-a-r-clark, accessed on 22 January 2025

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