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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On plane water-lines in two dimensions' by William John Macquorn Rankine

Reference number: RR/5/216

Date: 1864

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper has theoretical and practical parts. Gives extensive discussion and criticism of the points of the paper.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1864]

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RR/5/216
Earliest possible date
1864
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On plane water-lines in two dimensions' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 1864, RR/5/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_216/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-on-plane-water-lines-in-two-dimensions-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 14 September 2024

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