| Reference number | RR/5/74 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'Experiments to determine the effect of impact, vibratory action, and long-continued changes of load on wrought-iron girders' by William Fairbairn |
| Date | 16 April 1864 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper to be off-topic in places. Refers to work by Robert Willis, who was on the Commission on Railway Structures for 1848, from which the author repeats much information; as such, it will be left to Robert Willis to comment on this part. Suggests the author's discussions on work undertaken by the Railway Department of the Board of Trade are interesting, they are probably not suited to a publication of the nature of the Philosophical Transactions. Suggests the publication be limited to the experimental details.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1864] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0008 Vol.154 1864 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT.70.5 |
| RR/5/75 |
| PT/70/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8271 | Pole; William (1814 - 1900) | 1814 - 1900 |
| NA6039 | Fairbairn; Sir; William (1789 - 1874) | 1789 - 1874 |