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EDITOR'S PREFACE
PAPERS BY G.I.TAYLOR
CONSOLIDATED LIST OF PAPERS PUBLISHED IN VOLUMERS I-IV
PUBLICATIONS BY G.I.TAYLOR NOT REPRINTED IN THESE VOLUMES
PAPERS BY G.I.TAYLOR
1.INTERFERENCE FRINGES WITH FEEBLE LIGHT.
2.MOTION OF SOLIDS IN FLUIDS WHEN THE FLOW IS NOT IRROTATIONAL.
3.EXPERIMENTS WITH ROTATING FLUIDS.
4.THE MOTION OF A SPHERE IN A ROTATING LIQUID.
5.STABILITY OF A VISCOUS LIQUID CONTAINED BETWEEN TWO ROTATING CYLINDERS.
6.THE MOTION OF ELLIPSOIDAL PARTICLES IN A VISCOUS FLUID.
7.ON THE DECAY OF VORTICES IN A VISCOUS FLUID.
8.EXPERIMENTS ON THE MOTION OF SOLID BODIES IN ROTATING FLUIDS.
9.THE BURSTING OF SOAP-BUBBLES IN A UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD (WITH C.T.R.WILSON).
10.THE VISCOSITY OF A FLUID CONTAINING SMALL DROPS OF ANOTHER FLUID.
11.THE FORMATION OF EMULSIONS IN DEFINABLE FIELDS OF FLOW.
12.THE HOLDING POWER OF ANCHORS.
13.MEASUREMENTS WITH A HALF-PITOT TUBE.
14.NOTE ON R.A.BAGNOLD'S EMPIRICAL FORMULA FOR THE CRITICAL WATER MOTION CORRESPONDING WITH THE FIRST DISTURBANCE OF GRAINS ON A FLAT SURFACE.
15.THE PATH OF A LIGHT FLUID WHEN RELEASED IN A HEAVIER FLUID WHICH IS ROTATING.
16.ANALYSIS OF THE SWIMMING OF MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS.
17.THE ACTION OF WAVING CYLINDRICAL TAILS IN PROPELLING MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS.
18.ANALYSIS OF THE SWIMMING OF LONG AND NARROW ANIMALS.
19.FORMATION OF A VORTEX RING BY GIVING AN IMPULSE TO A CIRCULAR DISC AND THEN DISSOLVING IT AWAY.
20.AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF STANDING WAVES.
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