| RefNo | PT/39/7/18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, beam with a double flanch by William Fairbairn |
| Date | 10 April 1850 |
| Description | Diagram illustrating a formula used to calculate the proportions of a beam with a double flanch.
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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink diagram on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0251 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1850.0036 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1/61 |
| PT/39/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6039 | Fairbairn; Sir; William (1789 - 1874) | 1789 - 1874 |
| NA2248 | Moseley; Henry (1801 - 1872); churchman, mathematician, and writer on mechanics | 1801 - 1872 |