Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the stability of domes.—Part II' by Edward Wyndham Tarn
Reference number: RR/6/285
Date: 18 December 1866

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Rauhines [?]. Considers the mathematics of the paper to be superior to the mechanics. If the paper is to be published in the Proceedings, the author should be asked to take the teue theory into account, or give reasons why it has not.
Subject: Physics, Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
- Reference number
- RR/6/285
- Earliest possible date
- 18 December 1866
- Physical description
- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the stability of domes.—Part II' by Edward Wyndham Tarn, 18 December 1866, RR/6/285, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_285/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-on-the-stability-of-domespart-ii-by-edward-wyndham-tarn, accessed on 06 February 2025
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II. On the stability of domes.—Part II External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1867
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1866.0064
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Unpublished paper, 'On the stability of domes, part II' by E [Edward] Wyndham Tarn
Creator: Edward Wyndham Tarn Reference number: AP/48/8
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Referees' reports: volume 6, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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James Clerk Maxwell
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