Referee's report by Robert Willis, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the strength of pillars of cast iron, and other materials' by Eaton Hodgkinson
Reference number: RR/1/100
Date: 27 June 1840

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it contains 'a most valuable series of experimental results, conducted on a large scale and under peculiar advantages'.
[The author would go on to win the Royal Medal for this paper, in 1841].
Subject: Engineering
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1840].
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- RR/1/100
- Earliest possible date
- 27 June 1840
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Willis, Referee's report by Robert Willis, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the strength of pillars of cast iron, and other materials' by Eaton Hodgkinson, 27 June 1840, RR/1/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_100/referees-report-by-robert-willis-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-on-the-strength-of-pillars-of-cast-iron-and-other-materials-by-eaton-hodgkinson, accessed on 16 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1840
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1840.0021
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