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Letter from Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the physical properties of matter. Part I. Elasticity—continued. The internal friction of metals' by Herbert Tomlinson to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/405

Date: 15 March 1886

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He believes he may not be suitable to report on the paper, but has enclosed a report anyway.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society 1886].

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RR/9/405
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15 March 1886
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Osborne Reynolds

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Osborne Reynolds, Letter from Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the physical properties of matter. Part I. Elasticity—continued. The internal friction of metals' by Herbert Tomlinson to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 15 March 1886, RR/9/405, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_405/letter-from-osborne-reynolds-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-stress-and-strain-on-the-physical-properties-of-matter-part-i-elasticitycontinued-the-internal-friction-of-metals-by-herbert-tomlinson-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 October 2024

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