| RefNo | RR/8/339 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell |
| Date | 19 July 1881 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The author rejects the established theory of sound, instead using his own mistaken ideas and comes to erroneous conclusions.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0035 Vol.32 1881 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/8/338 |
| AP/61/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |
| NA5548 | Russell; John Scott (1808 - 1882) | 1808 - 1882 |