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Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine

Reference number: RR/3/232

Date: 04 July 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Engineering/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/232
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04 July 1856
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Romney Robinson

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Thomas Romney Robinson, Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 04 July 1856, RR/3/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_232/referees-report-by-thomas-romney-robinson-on-a-paper-on-the-stability-of-loose-earth-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 07 October 2024

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