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RefNoRR/6/118
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Account of experiments on torsion and flexure for the determination of rigidities' by Joseph David Everett
Date4 March 1867
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of an earlier one, conducted with improved apparatus and increased number of substances. Refers to referee's report on the earlier paper [RR/6/117]. Refers to work by Gustav Kirchhoff. Discusses the method and apparatus used. Suggests only one set of experiments and results need be given in full.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1867.0008 Vol.157 1867
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
NA6488Everett; Joseph David (1831 - 1904)1831 - 1904
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