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Referee's report by Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the physical properties of matter. Part I. Elasticity (continued). The effect of change of temperature on the internal friction and torsional elasticity of metals' by Herbert Tomlinson

Reference number: RR/9/407

Date: 10 May 1886

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. As he mentioned in a report about another paper by the author, the wire used in this experiment is unfit for experiment. There is little 'point or consistency' found in the results of the experiment.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

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RR/9/407
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10 May 1886
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Report on paper
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5 pages
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Osborne Reynolds

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Osborne Reynolds, Referee's report by Osborne Reynolds, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the physical properties of matter. Part I. Elasticity (continued). The effect of change of temperature on the internal friction and torsional elasticity of metals' by Herbert Tomlinson, 10 May 1886, RR/9/407, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_407/referees-report-by-osborne-reynolds-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-stress-and-strain-on-the-physical-properties-of-matter-part-i-elasticity-continued-the-effect-of-change-of-temperature-on-the-internal-friction-and-torsional-elasticity-of-metals-by-herbert-tomlinson, accessed on 04 October 2024

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