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Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the determination of the constants of the cup anemometer by experiments with a whirling machine' by Thomas Romney Robinson

Reference number: RR/8/133

Date: 02 May 1878

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding tables of observations.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Meteorology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1878]

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RR/8/133
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02 May 1878
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Balfour Stewart

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Balfour Stewart, Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the determination of the constants of the cup anemometer by experiments with a whirling machine' by Thomas Romney Robinson, 02 May 1878, RR/8/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_133/referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-on-the-determination-of-the-constants-of-the-cup-anemometer-by-experiments-with-a-whirling-machine-by-thomas-romney-robinson, accessed on 12 September 2024

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