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Referee's report by Charles Watkins Merrifield, on a paper 'On friction between surfaces moving at low speeds' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin and James Alfred Ewing

Reference number: RR/8/40

Date: 30 April 1877

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Is unfamiliar with the subject and unaquainted with the associated literature. However, find the paper to be of general scientific interest.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1877]

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RR/8/40
Earliest possible date
30 April 1877
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Watkins Merrifield

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Charles Watkins Merrifield, Referee's report by Charles Watkins Merrifield, on a paper 'On friction between surfaces moving at low speeds' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin and James Alfred Ewing, 30 April 1877, RR/8/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_40/referees-report-by-charles-watkins-merrifield-on-a-paper-on-friction-between-surfaces-moving-at-low-speeds-by-henry-charles-fleeming-jenkin-and-james-alfred-ewing, accessed on 09 October 2024

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