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Reference numberRR/9/391
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the relation between the thickness and the surface tension of liquid films' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date24 July 1886
DescriptionHe met with one of the authors of the paper and expressed to him the difficulties he found with the paper, but he 'could not get much out of him in answer''. He is sailing to America in a few days and might 'pay a visit to Professor Langley' in New York.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1886.0017
Related records in the catalogueRR/9/392
RR/9/393
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA6252Reinold; Arnold William (1843 - 1921)1843 - 1921
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
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