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Reference numberRR/3/229
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Date12 January 1855
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, despite not fully understanding the author's interpretations.

Subject: Engineering/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1857.0003
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA1846Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872)1820 - 1872
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