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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the tides of the Arctic Seas. Part VII. Tides of port Kennedy, in Bellot Strait. (Final discussion.)' by Samuel Haughton

Reference number: RR/8/25

Date: 09 May 1877

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The paper is an important continuation of the series by the same author. The author uses a new technique which may be more accurate than the one previously employed. Refers to work of Seth Ward and Johannes Kepler.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics

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

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RR/8/25
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09 May 1877
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Letter on paper
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3 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 tides of the Arctic Seas. Part VII. Tides of port Kennedy, in Bellot Strait. (Final discussion.)' by Samuel Haughton, 09 May 1877, RR/8/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_25/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-tides-of-the-arctic-seas-part-vii-tides-of-port-kennedy-in-bellot-strait-final-discussion-by-samuel-haughton, accessed on 12 February 2025

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