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Third 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/12/95

Date: 1894

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The recommendations of the referees will improve the paper. However disagrees with the referees on some points. If the referee does not wish to change his opinion, is willing to withdraw section five, and instead read that part before the Institute of Civil Engineers or the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

Note from James Alfred Ewing approves the removal of section five.

Subject: Mathematics, Applied Sciences

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

Reference number
RR/12/95
Earliest possible date
1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Third letter from Stanley Dunkerley, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the whirling and vibration of shafts' by Stanley Dunkerley, 1894, RR/12/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_95/third-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 07 December 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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