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Letter from Lewis Fry Richardson, on a paper 'An invariant theory of isotropic turbulence in magneto-hydrodynamics' by Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar, to David Brunt, Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/73/153

Date: 15 July 1950

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Paper reference code: A113

Richardson is unable to write a referee's report for Chandasekhar's paper.

Written at Hillside House, Kilmun, Argyll [Scotland].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1951].

Endorsed on recto as received 18 July 1950.

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RR/73/153
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15 July 1950
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1 page
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Letter from Lewis Fry Richardson, on a paper 'An invariant theory of isotropic turbulence in magneto-hydrodynamics' by Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar, to David Brunt, Secretary of the Royal Society, 15 July 1950, RR/73/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_73_153/letter-from-lewis-fry-richardson-on-a-paper-an-invariant-theory-of-isotropic-turbulence-in-magneto-hydrodynamics-by-sivaramakrishna-chandrasekhar-to-david-brunt-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 January 2026

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