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Referee's report by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, on a paper 'On the friction of water against solid surfaces of different degrees of roughness' by William Cawthorne Unwin

Reference number: RR/8/351

Date: 20 February 1881

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper should be printed, but it is not of the right standard for the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/8/351
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20 February 1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin

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Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, Referee's report by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, on a paper 'On the friction of water against solid surfaces of different degrees of roughness' by William Cawthorne Unwin, 20 February 1881, RR/8/351, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_351/referees-report-by-henry-charles-fleeming-jenkin-on-a-paper-on-the-friction-of-water-against-solid-surfaces-of-different-degrees-of-roughness-by-william-cawthorne-unwin, accessed on 10 December 2024

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