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Letter from Stanley Dunkerley, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the whirling and vibration of shafts' by Stanley Dunkerley

Reference number: RR/12/93

Date: 22 December 1893

Description

Thinks the number of pages is not a fair measure of the paper, as the writing is large. Feels the paper could be sufficiently condensed.

Subject: Mathematics, Applied Sciences

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

Reference number
RR/12/93
Earliest possible date
22 December 1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Stanley Dunkerley, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the whirling and vibration of shafts' by Stanley Dunkerley, 22 December 1893, RR/12/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_93/letter-from-stanley-dunkerley-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-the-whirling-and-vibration-of-shafts-by-stanley-dunkerley, accessed on 13 January 2026

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