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Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine

Reference number: RR/3/231

Date: 26 January 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although he feels he is not familiar enough with the subject matter and that Thomson's report should be referred to.

Subject: Engineering/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

Reference number
RR/3/231
Earliest possible date
26 January 1856
Physical description
Letter on paper (incomplete - pages missing)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 26 January 1856, RR/3/231, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_231/referees-report-by-unnamed-referee-on-a-paper-on-the-stability-of-loose-earth-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 15 October 2024

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