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Referee's report by James Thomson, on a paper 'On the determination of the rate of vibration of tuning-forks' by Herbert McLeod and George Sydenham Clarke

Reference number: RR/8/172

Date: 05 November 1879

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Cannot offer an opinion on the paper due to time constraints and the pressures of other work.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]

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RR/8/172
Earliest possible date
05 November 1879
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Thomson

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James Thomson, Referee's report by James Thomson, on a paper 'On the determination of the rate of vibration of tuning-forks' by Herbert McLeod and George Sydenham Clarke, 05 November 1879, RR/8/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_172/referees-report-by-james-thomson-on-a-paper-on-the-determination-of-the-rate-of-vibration-of-tuning-forks-by-herbert-mcleod-and-george-sydenham-clarke, accessed on 12 September 2024

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