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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell

Reference number: RR/8/339

Date: 19 July 1881

Description

Not recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The author rejects the established theory of sound, instead using his own mistaken ideas and comes to erroneous conclusions.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

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

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RR/8/339
Earliest possible date
19 July 1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell, 19 July 1881, RR/8/339, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_339/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-the-wave-of-translation-and-the-work-it-does-as-the-carrier-wave-of-sound-by-john-scott-russell, accessed on 24 January 2026

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