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Second referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Instability of fluids heated from below' by Krishna Chandra

Reference number: RR/61/83

Date: May 1937

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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication. It has been much reduced since the last time he read it. The method of measuring the temperature should be stated. The author may have discovered something new but these results were obtained with apparatus that is open to criticism. The author should have stated why his observations are significant.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938].

Endorsed on verso as received 20 May 1937.

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RR/61/83
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May 1937
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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4 pages
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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Second referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Instability of fluids heated from below' by Krishna Chandra, May 1937, RR/61/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_61_83/second-referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-instability-of-fluids-heated-from-below-by-krishna-chandra, accessed on 13 March 2026

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