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Referee's report by William Fairbairn, on a paper 'On an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, named by the author - the resistance of flexure' by William Henry Barlow

Reference number: RR/3/15

Date: 21 April 1857

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Engineering

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857]

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RR/3/15
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21 April 1857
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Fairbairn

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William Fairbairn, Referee's report by William Fairbairn, on a paper 'On an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, named by the author - the resistance of flexure' by William Henry Barlow, 21 April 1857, RR/3/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_15/referees-report-by-william-fairbairn-on-a-paper-on-an-element-of-strength-in-beams-subjected-to-transverse-strain-named-by-the-author-the-resistance-of-flexure-by-william-henry-barlow, accessed on 05 October 2024

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