| RefNo | PT/75/7/40 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Table, 'Resistance of elliptical tubes' by [William Fairbairn?] |
| Date | [1858] |
| Description | Table 10 illustrating the results of Fairbairn's experiments on iron tubes in an elliptical form, providing data on the diameter, length, thickness of plates, and pressure of collapse for each of the tubes. The illustration of the tubes is taped as a flap over the figures illustrating the form of their openings. The tubes are labelled in graphite 'All under' with a second struck-out inscription reading 'reduce this so as', and a graphite inscription next to the figures showing the forms of the tubes reads 'put these two sections on separate block so as to come opposite the two tubes'. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Physics / Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the resistance of tubes to collapse' by William Fairbairn.
Received by the Royal Society on 21 April 1858. Read 20 May 1858. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 212x103mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1858.0021 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0056 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6039 | Fairbairn; Sir; William (1789 - 1874) | 1789 - 1874 |