Paper, 'An experimental inquiry into the strength of wrought iron plates and their rivetted [sic] joints as applied to ship-building and vessels exposed to severe strains' by Wm [William] Fairbairn 75 manuscript pages including 19 figures. Subject: Engineering Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An experimental inquiry into the strength of wrought-iron plates and their riveted joints as applied to ship-building and vessels exposed to severe strains'. Written by Fairbairn in Manchester. Communicated by Rev Henry Moseley. Received by the Royal Society on 25 April 1850. Read 13 June 1850. 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 5, 1851. 10 April 1850