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Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the theory of lubrication and its application to Mr. Beauchamp tower’s experiments, including an experimental determination of the viscosity of olive oil' by Osborne Reynolds

Reference number: RR/9/394

Date: 1886

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].

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RR/9/394
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1886
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Strutt

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John William Strutt, Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the theory of lubrication and its application to Mr. Beauchamp tower’s experiments, including an experimental determination of the viscosity of olive oil' by Osborne Reynolds, 1886, RR/9/394, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_394/referees-report-by-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-on-the-theory-of-lubrication-and-its-application-to-mr-beauchamp-towers-experiments-including-an-experimental-determination-of-the-viscosity-of-olive-oil-by-osborne-reynolds, accessed on 17 March 2026

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