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Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex' by William Mitchinson Hicks

Reference number: RR/9/218

Date: 16 February 1884

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'very valuable'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1884].

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RR/9/218
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16 February 1884
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Niven

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Charles Niven, Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex' by William Mitchinson Hicks, 16 February 1884, RR/9/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_218/referees-report-by-charles-niven-on-a-paper-on-the-steady-motion-and-small-vibrations-a-hollow-vortex-by-william-mitchinson-hicks, accessed on 23 April 2025

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