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Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'The coefficient of viscosity of air' by Herbert Tomlinson

Reference number: RR/9/404

Date: 10 March 1886

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'valuable contribution to a somewhat difficult branch of experimental physics'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].

Reference number
RR/9/404
Earliest possible date
10 March 1886
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Crookes

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William Crookes, Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'The coefficient of viscosity of air' by Herbert Tomlinson, 10 March 1886, RR/9/404, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_404/referees-report-by-william-crookes-on-a-paper-the-coefficient-of-viscosity-of-air-by-herbert-tomlinson, accessed on 12 October 2024

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