Paper, 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author the "resistence [sic] of flexure"' by William Henry Barlow
Reference number: PT/51/1
Date: 1855

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33 manuscript pages and two plates showing beams, measuring instruments, and girders.
Subject: Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author the 'resistance of flexure.’'
Received by the Royal Society on 23 February 1855. Read 29 March 1855.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 7, 1856.
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- 1855
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- 35 pages
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William Henry Barlow, Paper, 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author the "resistence [sic] of flexure"' by William Henry Barlow, 1855, PT/51/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_51_1/paper-on-the-existence-of-an-element-of-strength-in-beams-subjected-to-transverse-strain-arising-from-the-lateral-action-of-the-fibres-or-particles-on-each-other-and-named-by-the-author-the-resistence-sic-of-flexure-by-william-henry-barlow, accessed on 10 February 2025
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Related Publications
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I. On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author the ‘resistance to flexure.' External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0075
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IX. On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author the 'resistance of flexture.’ External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1855
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1855.0009
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Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author "Resistance of Flexure"' by William Henry Barlow
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Referee's report by Robert Stephenson, on a paper 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author "Resistance of Flexure"' by William Henry Barlow
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[Copy of RR/2/13] Referee's report by Robert Stephenson, on a paper 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author "Resistance of Flexure"' by William Henry Barlow
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Unpublished paper, 'On the cause and theoretic value of the resistance of flexure in beams subject to transverse stress' by W H [William Henry] Barlow
Creator: William Henry Barlow Reference number: AP/52/1
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1855
November 1850 - June 1855 Reference number: PT/51
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