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Referee's report by James Alfred Ewing, on a paper 'On the whirling and vibration of shafts' by Stanley Dunkerley

Reference number: RR/12/91

Date: 31 July 1893

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of William John Macquorn Rankine. Suggests the paper be reduced by half.

Subject: Mathematics, Applied Sciences

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]

Reference number
RR/12/91
Earliest possible date
31 July 1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Alfred Ewing

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James Alfred Ewing, Referee's report by James Alfred Ewing, on a paper 'On the whirling and vibration of shafts' by Stanley Dunkerley, 31 July 1893, RR/12/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_91/referees-report-by-james-alfred-ewing-on-a-paper-on-the-whirling-and-vibration-of-shafts-by-stanley-dunkerley, accessed on 16 June 2025

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