| RefNo | EC/1853/13 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 326; A05911 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Rankine, William John Macquorn: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | The Author of a Series of Papers on the Mechanical Action of Heat, on the Theory of Elaticity, and other subjects in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Proceedings of the British Association & of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and in various scientific journals. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the sciences of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and practical mechanics. Eminent as a mathematician and as an original writer on various branches of mechanics and physical science. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. J C Adams; W H Miller; R Willis; G B Airy; W R Grove
From Personal Knowledge. William Thomson; G G Stokes; Allen Thomson; John Phillips |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |