RefNo | RR/5/160 |
Level | Item |
Title | Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the true theory of pressure as applied to elastic fluids' by R Moon |
Date | 17 February 1863 |
Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Provides criticism of the paper and methodologies used, including the use of 'reductio ad absurdum'. Considers some of the conclusions to be contradictory.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1863] |
Extent | 10p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0052 Vol.12 1863 |
RelatedRecord | RR/5/158 |
RR/5/159 |
AP/44/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |