William John Macquorn Rankine
1820 - 1872
- Born
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05 July 1820
Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
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24 December 1872
59 St Vincent Street, Glasgow
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 02/06/1853
- Occupation
- Civil engineer
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Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'On the application of the law of the conservation of energy to the determination of the magnetic meridian on board ship; when out of reach or out of sight of land' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: AP/34/19 -
Letter, 'On the mathematical theory of the stability of earthwork and masonry' from W J [William John] Macquorn Rankine to George Gabriel Stokes
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: AP/38/13 -
Unpublished paper, 'On waves in liquids' by W J [William John] Macquorn Rankine
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: AP/50/13 -
Unpublished extract, 'On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance' by W J [William John] Macquorn Rankine
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: AP/51/10 -
Paper, 'On the geometrical representation of the expansive action of heat, and the theory of thermo-dynamic engines' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: PT/48/6 -
Paper, 'On axes of elasticity and crystalline forms' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: PT/54/3
Referee of
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Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author "Resistance of Flexure"' by William Henry Barlow
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: RR/2/12 -
Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, named by the author - the resistance of flexure' by William Henry Barlow
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: RR/3/18 -
Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the resistance of tubes to collapse' by William Fairbairn
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: RR/3/102 -
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
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: RR/4/88 -
Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of fluids in motion - Part III - On the changes of temperature experienced by bodies moving through air' by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin and James Prescott Joule
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: RR/4/265 -
Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the strains in the Interior of beams' by George Biddell Airy
Creator: William John Macquorn Rankine Reference number: RR/5/1
Recipient of
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Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William John Macquorn Rankine, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/14/468 -
Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to William John Macquorn Rankine, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/343
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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