| Reference number | PT/56/2 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the stability of loose earth' by W J [William John] Macquorn Rankine |
| Date | 7 June 1856 |
| Description | 37 manuscript pages including one figure.
Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the stability of loose earth'.
Written by Rankine in Glasgow. Received by the Royal Society on 10 June 1856. Read 19 June 1856.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 8, 1857. |
| Extent | 37p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0049 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1857.0003 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/3/229 |
| RR/3/230 |
| RR/3/231 |
| RR/3/232 |
| RR/3/233 |
| RR/3/234 |
| RR/3/235 |
| PT/56/2/1 |
| PT/56/2/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |