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Reference numberAP/79/13
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On discontinuous fluid motion' by J G [John Gaston] Leathem
CreatorLeathem; John Gaston (1871-1923); physicist
Date1917
DescriptionLeathem writes on the methods of Levy, Levi-Civita, Cisotti and Villat; resultant pressure on an obstacle; general theory based on a formulation in terms of curve-factors, determination of the points of departure of free stream-lines from a curved obstacle; and a principle prevailing in the relation between the shape of an obstacle and its resistance to relative flow.

Includes two pages of geometrical diagrams.

Subject: Fluid dynamics

Received 2 March 1917. Read 29 March 1917. Communicated by H F [Henry Frederick] Baker.
Extent52p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
Diagram
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA7577Baker; Henry Frederick (1866 - 1956); mathematician1866 - 1956
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