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Referee's report by William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine

Reference number: RR/3/234

Date: 22 October 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Paper is of 'considerable interest'

Subject: Engineering/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/234
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22 October 1856
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Report on paper
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22 pages
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Manuscript

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William Parsons

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William Parsons, Referee's report by William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 22 October 1856, RR/3/234, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_234/referees-report-by-william-parsons-earl-of-rosse-on-a-paper-on-the-stability-of-loose-earth-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 10 November 2024

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