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Paper, 'On axes of elasticity and crystalline forms' by William John Macquorn Rankine

Reference number: PT/54/3

Date: 01 June 1855

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On axes of elasticity and crystalline forms'.

Written by Rankine in Glasgow. Received by the Royal Society on 15 June 1855. Read 21 June 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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PT/54/3
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01 June 1855
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33 pages
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William John Macquorn Rankine

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William John Macquorn Rankine, Paper, 'On axes of elasticity and crystalline forms' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 01 June 1855, PT/54/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_54_3/paper-on-axes-of-elasticity-and-crystalline-forms-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 19 January 2025

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