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Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'The rupture of steel by longitudinal stress' by Charles A Carus-Wilson

Reference number: RR/10/333

Date: 15 October 1890

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Has discussed the matter of publication with both referees and Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici. The experiments are worthy of publication, but the conclusions are 'open to criticism'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Applied Sciences

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1891]

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RR/10/333
Earliest possible date
15 October 1890
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Edward Ayrton

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William Edward Ayrton, Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'The rupture of steel by longitudinal stress' by Charles A Carus-Wilson, 15 October 1890, RR/10/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_333/referees-report-by-william-edward-ayrton-on-a-paper-the-rupture-of-steel-by-longitudinal-stress-by-charles-a-carus-wilson, accessed on 13 December 2024

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