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Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the resistance of tubes to collapse' by William Fairbairn

Reference number: RR/3/102

Date: 29 May 1858

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. States that its is 'the most worthy of a place in the {Philosophical] Transactions that the Ryal Society has ever recieved.'

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858].

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RR/3/102
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29 May 1858
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William John Macquorn Rankine

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William John Macquorn Rankine, Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the resistance of tubes to collapse' by William Fairbairn, 29 May 1858, RR/3/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_102/referees-report-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-a-paper-on-the-resistance-of-tubes-to-collapse-by-william-fairbairn, accessed on 14 September 2024

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