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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the motion of two spheres in a fluid' by William Mitchinson Hicks

Reference number: RR/8/228

Date: 06 January 1880

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

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

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RR/8/228
Earliest possible date
06 January 1880
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the motion of two spheres in a fluid' by William Mitchinson Hicks, 06 January 1880, RR/8/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_228/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-motion-of-two-spheres-in-a-fluid-by-william-mitchinson-hicks, accessed on 14 December 2024

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