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Reference numberRR/61/83
LevelItem
TitleSecond referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Instability of fluids heated from below' by Krishna Chandra
DateMay 1937
DescriptionSectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication. It has been much reduced since the last time he read it. The method of measuring the temperature should be stated. The author may have discovered something new but these results were obtained with apparatus that is open to criticism. The author should have stated why his observations are significant.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938].

Endorsed on verso as received 20 May 1937.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and note on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1938.0015
Related records in the catalogueRR/61/80
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6602Taylor; Sir; Geoffrey Ingram (1886 - 1975)1886 - 1975
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