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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.—Third paper' by Joseph David Everett

Reference number: RR/6/119

Date: 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of a series on the subject by the same author. Suggests additional observations which could be made during experimentation.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/119
Earliest possible date
1868
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Letter on paper
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3 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 'Account of experiments on torsion and flexure for the determination of rigidities.—Third paper' by Joseph David Everett, 1868, RR/6/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_119/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-account-of-experiments-on-torsion-and-flexure-for-the-determination-of-rigiditiesthird-paper-by-joseph-david-everett, accessed on 03 December 2024

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