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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—part II' by Thomas Romney Robinson

Reference number: RR/8/250

Date: 27 July 1880

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper continues the author's previous work on the same subject, also printed in the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Meteorology

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

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RR/8/250
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27 July 1880
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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—part II' by Thomas Romney Robinson, 27 July 1880, RR/8/250, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_250/referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-on-the-determination-of-the-constants-of-the-cup-anemometer-by-experiments-with-a-whirling-machinepart-ii-by-thomas-romney-robinson, accessed on 23 April 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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