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Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'On the interpretation of the Foucault test' by E H Linfoot

Reference number: RR/70/159

Date: 1947

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. He has found it difficult to be interested in the mathematics in the paper. It is a shame that a paper of physical; interest has been presented in such a way.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1948].

Date received not given.

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Thomas Smith, Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'On the interpretation of the Foucault test' by E H Linfoot, 1947, RR/70/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_159/referees-report-by-thomas-smith-on-a-paper-on-the-interpretation-of-the-foucault-test-by-e-h-linfoot, accessed on 09 October 2024

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