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Referee's report by William Michael Herbert Greaves, on a paper 'The stability of Saturn's rings' by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough

Reference number: RR/75/2

Date: 06 April 1951

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Paper reference code: A2

Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions. Greaves comments he has not checked the analysis in detail, but trusts the reputation of the author, and remarks on the results obtained.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1951].

Date received not given.

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RR/75/2
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06 April 1951
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William Michael Herbert Greaves, Referee's report by William Michael Herbert Greaves, on a paper 'The stability of Saturn's rings' by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough, 06 April 1951, RR/75/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_75_2/referees-report-by-william-michael-herbert-greaves-on-a-paper-the-stability-of-saturns-rings-by-george-ridsdale-goldsbrough, accessed on 23 January 2026

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