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Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'The theory of the divisions in Saturn's rings' by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough

Reference number: RR/67/193

Date: October 1940

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings. It is a 'very good' paper that is likely to provide a definitive answer to the problem of Saturn's rings. Some parts of the paper could be rearranged.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1941].

Endorsed on verso as received 31 October 1940.

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RR/67/193
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October 1940
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Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Hopwood Jeans

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James Hopwood Jeans, Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'The theory of the divisions in Saturn's rings' by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough, October 1940, RR/67/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_193/referees-report-by-james-hopwood-jeans-on-a-paper-the-theory-of-the-divisions-in-saturns-rings-by-george-ridsdale-goldsbrough, accessed on 13 January 2025

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