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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Account of experiments on torsion and flexure for the determination of rigidities' by Joseph David Everett

Reference number: RR/6/118

Date: 04 March 1867

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of an earlier one, conducted with improved apparatus and increased number of substances. Refers to referee's report on the earlier paper [RR/6/117]. Refers to work by Gustav Kirchhoff. Discusses the method and apparatus used. Suggests only one set of experiments and results need be given in full.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/118
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04 March 1867
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Account of experiments on torsion and flexure for the determination of rigidities' by Joseph David Everett, 04 March 1867, RR/6/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_118/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-account-of-experiments-on-torsion-and-flexure-for-the-determination-of-rigidities-by-joseph-david-everett, accessed on 05 December 2024

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