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Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the resistance of the air to rifled projectiles' by J A Longridge

Reference number: RR/6/162

Date: 21 April 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author revise or omit an errant passage at the beginning of the manuscript which may have been added in error.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/6/162
Earliest possible date
21 April 1868
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William John Macquorn Rankine

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William John Macquorn Rankine, Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the resistance of the air to rifled projectiles' by J A Longridge, 21 April 1868, RR/6/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_162/referees-report-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-a-paper-on-the-resistance-of-the-air-to-rifled-projectiles-by-j-a-longridge, accessed on 12 December 2024

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