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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although some parts should be condensed.

Subject: Engineering/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858].

Reference number
RR/3/235
Earliest possible date
28 November 1856
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Fairbairn

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William Fairbairn, Referee's report by William Fairbairn, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine, 28 November 1856, RR/3/235, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_235/referees-report-by-william-fairbairn-on-a-paper-on-the-stability-of-loose-earth-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine, accessed on 04 November 2024

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