Rankine, William John Macquorn 1820-1872

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Works:	116 works in 375 publications in 5 languages and 1,941 library holdings
Classifications:	ta350, 621

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Publications about William John Macquorn Rankine

Publications by William John Macquorn Rankine

Publications by William John Macquorn Rankine, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about William John Macquorn Rankine

Rankine : his life and times : lecture delivered before the British Geotechnical Society at the University of Glasgow on 13 December 1972 to mark the centenary of the death on 24 December 1872 of William John Macquorn Rankine by Hugh Brown Sutherland ( Book )
Macquorn Rankine, professor of civil engineering and mechanics in the University of Glasgow, 1855 to 1872; an oration by James Blacklock Henderson ( Book )
Notes on Rankin's Civil engineering after the notes of Prof's William Allan & G.W.C. Lee by David Carlisle Humphreys ( Book )
Rankine : William John Macquorn Rankine by David F Channell ( Book )
Notes on Rankine's Civil engineering, part II, for the use of engineering students University of Michigan by Charles E Greene ( Book )

Macquorn Rankine ... : an oration by James Blacklock Henderson ( Book )
Notes on Rankine's Applied mechanics--part I, and Rankine's Civil engineering--parts II & III by William Allan ( Book )
A unitary technology : the engineering science of W.J.M. Rankine by David F Channell ( Book )
The Rankine cycle and steam power ( Visual )
Rankine : his life and times by Hugh Brown Sutherland ( Book )
Engineering science in glasgow : W.J.M. Rankine and the motive power of air by Ben Marsden ( Book )
Miscellaneous scientific papers: by W.J. Macquorn Rankine ... from the transactions and proceedings of the Royal and other scientific and philosophical societies, and the scientific journals by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
Miscellaneous pamphlets on physics by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872) ( Book )
Higher mathematical natural philosophy class (lecture notes) at Glasgow University, 1871-1872 by Henry Dyer ( )
Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1847-1887 by John Couch Adams ( )
Engineering science in glasgow Rankine and the motive power of air by Ben Marsden ( Book )

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Most widely held works by William John Macquorn Rankine

A manual of applied mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
60 editions published between 1858 and 2009 in English and held by 164 libraries worldwide

A manual of the steam engine and other prime movers by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
50 editions published between 1859 and 1908 in English and French and held by 153 libraries worldwide

A manual of civil engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
64 editions published between 1862 and 1926 in English and Japanese and held by 151 libraries worldwide

Miscellaneous scientific papers by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
12 editions published in 1881 in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide

A manual of machinery and millwork by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
20 editions published between 1869 and 1893 in English and held by 101 libraries worldwide

Useful rules and tables relating to mensuration, engineering, structures, and machines by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
16 editions published between 1866 and 1907 in English and held by 84 libraries worldwide

Shipbuilding, theoretical and practical by Isaac Watts ( Book )
1 edition published in 1866 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide

A mechanical text-book : or, Introduction to the study of mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
10 editions published between 1875 and 1900 in English and held by 39 libraries worldwide

Songs and fables by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
4 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 35 libraries worldwide

A mechanical text-book; or, Introduction to the study of mechanics and engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
6 editions published between 1873 and 1900 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide

A memoir of John Elder, engineer and ship-builder by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
2 editions published in 1871 in English and held by 26 libraries worldwide

Manuel de mécanique appliquée by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
4 editions published in 1876 in French and held by 20 libraries worldwide

The cyclopædia of machine and hand-tools : a series of plans, sections, and elevations of most approved tools for working in iron, wood, and other materials; engraved from working drawings furnished by the makers, with descriptive letterpress, to which are added an essay on the strength and qualities of wood and metals ( Book )
1 edition published in 1869 in English and held by 19 libraries worldwide

W.J.M. Rankine. A commemorative lecture delivered before the University of Glasgow on 12th December, 1955 by R. V Southwell ( Book )
1 edition published in 1956 in English and held by 16 libraries worldwide

The cyclopædia of machine and hand-tools :a series of plans, sections, and elevations of the most approved tools for working in iron, wood, and other materials ; engraved from working drawings furnished by the makers, with descriptive letterpress. To which are added an essay on the strength and qualities of wood and metals (embracing a sketch of the manufacture of iron and steel), by W.J. Macquorn Rankine ... and an essay on the puddling of iron, by St. John Vincent Day, C.E by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
4 editions published between 1869 and 1987 in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide

Songs and fables Illus. by F.B by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
2 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide

Manuel de la machine à vapeur et des autres moteurs by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
1 edition published in 1878 in French and held by 8 libraries worldwide

A memoir of John Elder, engineer and shipbuilder, Glasgow by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
4 editions published in 1883 in English and held by 7 libraries worldwide

Combined structures by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide

On the phrase "potential energy, " and on the definitions of physical quantities by William John Macquorn Rankine ( Book )
1 edition published in 1867 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide

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Alternative Names

Macquorn Rankine, William John 1820-1872

Rankine, Macquorn 1820-1872

Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872

Languages

English (362)
French (8)
Japanese (6)
Undetermined (3)
German (1)