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Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'Experiments, made at Watford, on the vibrations occasioned by railway trains passing through a tunnel' by James South

Reference number: RR/5/249

Date: 11 July 1863

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests publication in the Proceedings. Considers the paper should be published, but does not think the experiments are elaborate or complete enough for the Transactions. Suggests additional experimental details which should be added.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Astonomy

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1864]

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RR/5/249
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11 July 1863
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Couch Adams

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John Couch Adams, Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'Experiments, made at Watford, on the vibrations occasioned by railway trains passing through a tunnel' by James South, 11 July 1863, RR/5/249, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_249/referees-report-by-john-couch-adams-on-a-paper-experiments-made-at-watford-on-the-vibrations-occasioned-by-railway-trains-passing-through-a-tunnel-by-james-south, accessed on 08 December 2024

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