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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. States that it will 'form a most valuable addition to the series of papers on the strength of materials'.

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858].

Reference number
RR/3/101
Earliest possible date
24 May 1858
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Robert Willis

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Robert Willis, Referee's report by Robert Willis, on a paper 'On the resistance of tubes to collapse' by William Fairbairn, 24 May 1858, RR/3/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_101/referees-report-by-robert-willis-on-a-paper-on-the-resistance-of-tubes-to-collapse-by-william-fairbairn, accessed on 08 February 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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