Letter from Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the relation between the thickness and the surface tension of liquid films' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Reference number: RR/9/391
Date: 24 July 1886

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He met with one of the authors of the paper and expressed to him the difficulties he found with the paper, but he 'could not get much out of him in answer''. He is sailing to America in a few days and might 'pay a visit to Professor Langley' in New York.
Subject: Physics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].
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- RR/9/391
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- 24 July 1886
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- Letter on paper
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Arthur Schuster, Letter from Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the relation between the thickness and the surface tension of liquid films' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 24 July 1886, RR/9/391, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_391/letter-from-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-on-the-relation-between-the-thickness-and-the-surface-tension-of-liquid-films-by-arnold-william-reinold-and-arthur-william-rucker-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 February 2025
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XVI. On the relation between the thickness and the surface tension of liquid films External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1886
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1886.0017
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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the relation between the thickness and the surface tension of liquid films' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker
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Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the relation between the thickness and the surface tension of liquid films' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker
Creator: Robert Bellamy Clifton Reference number: RR/9/393
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Referee's reports: volume 9, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Arthur Schuster
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