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Referee's report by Benjamin Baker, on a paper 'On the three-bar motion of watt' by William Brennand

Reference number: RR/11/234

Date: 24 January 1893

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Not recommended for publication. The results obtained are of 'no practical value'. The paper may interest a small number of people, but they would probably rather conduct the experiments themselves than read about them.

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1892].

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RR/11/234
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24 January 1893
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Baker

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Benjamin Baker, Referee's report by Benjamin Baker, on a paper 'On the three-bar motion of watt' by William Brennand, 24 January 1893, RR/11/234, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_234/referees-report-by-benjamin-baker-on-a-paper-on-the-three-bar-motion-of-watt-by-william-brennand, accessed on 18 March 2025

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