Record

RefNoRR/5/215
LevelItem
TitleSecond referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On plane water-lines in two dimensions' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Date18 February 1864
DescriptionNo clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Clarifies some points from the first report [RR/5/214].

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1864]
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0010 Vol.154 1864
RelatedRecordRR/5/214
RR/5/216
PT/70/7
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
NA1846Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872)1820 - 1872
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