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Referee's report by Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'On the friction of water against solid surfaces of different degrees of roughness' by William Cawthorne Unwin

Reference number: RR/8/262

Date: 27 November 1880

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Toondle [?]. The theory is extremely complicated with little bearing on scientific learning.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Applied Sciences

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

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RR/8/262
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27 November 1880
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Letter on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Osborne Reynolds

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Osborne Reynolds, Referee's report by Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'On the friction of water against solid surfaces of different degrees of roughness' by William Cawthorne Unwin, 27 November 1880, RR/8/262, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_262/referees-report-by-osborne-reynolds-on-a-paper-on-the-friction-of-water-against-solid-surfaces-of-different-degrees-of-roughness-by-william-cawthorne-unwin, accessed on 15 October 2024

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