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RefNoRR/5/212
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the exact form of waves near the surface of deep water' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Date18 March 1863
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests a verification be given for the equations of motion. Finds the results of practical importance.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1863.0006 Vol.153 1863
RelatedRecordRR/5/213
PT/68/5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA1846Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872)1820 - 1872
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