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Report confiming that the paper is recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871].

Reference number
RR/7/133
Earliest possible date
13 May 1871
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 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 unequal distribution of weight and support in ships, and its effects in still water, in waves, and in exceptional positions on shore' by Edward James Reed, 13 May 1871, RR/7/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_133/referees-report-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-a-paper-on-the-unequal-distribution-of-weight-and-support-in-ships-and-its-effects-in-still-water-in-waves-and-in-exceptional-positions-on-shore-by-edward-james-reed, accessed on 12 February 2026

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