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Fellow of the Royal Society, Scottish engineer, physicist and humourist. He was a founding contributor to the science of thermodynamics
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. J. M. R."
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. J. M. R."
William John Macquorn Rankine
Works
- Outlines of the Science of Energetics
- These Songs and Fables (1874) (PDF)
Papers
- "On plane water-lines in two dimensions" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 31 December 1864 Volume 154 doi:10.1098/rstl.1864.0010
Contributions to EB9
- "Mechanics," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Applied (in part))
Works about Rankine
- "Rankine, William John Macquorn," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Rankine, William John Macquorn," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "William John Macquorn Rankine", in Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century (1919), edited by Alexander Macfarlane
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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