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RefNoRR/1/100
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Robert Willis, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the strength of pillars of cast iron, and other materials' by Eaton Hodgkinson
Date27 June 1840
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it contains 'a most valuable series of experimental results, conducted on a large scale and under peculiar advantages'.

[The author would go on to win the Royal Medal for this paper, in 1841].

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1840].
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1840.0021
RelatedRecordRR/1/101
PT/24/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7518Willis; Robert (1800 - 1875)1800 - 1875
NA7156Hodgkinson; Eaton (1789 - 1861)1789 - 1861
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