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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

Reference number
RR/4/88
Earliest possible date
06 July 1859
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William John Macquorn Rankine

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William John Macquorn Rankine, Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine , on a paper 'On the resistance of glass globes and cylinders to collapse from external pressure; and on the tensile and compressive strength of various kinds of glass' by William Fairbairn and Thomas Tate, 06 July 1859, RR/4/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_88/referees-report-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-a-paper-on-the-resistance-of-glass-globes-and-cylinders-to-collapse-from-external-pressure-and-on-the-tensile-and-compressive-strength-of-various-kinds-of-glass-by-william-fairbairn-and-thomas-tate, accessed on 10 October 2024

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