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Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the refraction of sound by the atmosphere' by Osbourne Reynolds

Reference number: RR/7/338

Date: 01 June 1874

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions and a large part of the paper seems 'hardly fit for the Proceedings'. The second part of the paper could be 'sufficiently represented by a short abstract'.

Subject: Physics/Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

Reference number
RR/7/338
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01 June 1874
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Bellamy Clifton

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Robert Bellamy Clifton, Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the refraction of sound by the atmosphere' by Osbourne Reynolds, 01 June 1874, RR/7/338, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_338/referees-report-by-robert-bellamy-clifton-on-a-paper-on-the-refraction-of-sound-by-the-atmosphere-by-osbourne-reynolds, accessed on 13 December 2024

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