Template:Did you know nominations/John McFarlane Gray
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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:40, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
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John McFarlane Gray
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that The Nautical Magazine cited John McFarlane Gray's large gyroscope as "the first example of direct calculation of gyroscopic effect as an engineering quality"?
- Comment: Not a self-nom
Created by Aymatth2 (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 21:49, 27 August 2014 (UTC).
- Length, date, hook's ref verified. All non-lede paragraphs have refs; all refs appear to be RS. No apparent close-paraphrasing issues. QPQ not required as not a self-nom. There are 4 Harv Errors in the "Books included" list, but that doesn't have to be dealt with in order to pass this article.
GTG.--Rosiestep (talk) 01:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
- Length, date, hook's ref verified. All non-lede paragraphs have refs; all refs appear to be RS. No apparent close-paraphrasing issues. QPQ not required as not a self-nom. There are 4 Harv Errors in the "Books included" list, but that doesn't have to be dealt with in order to pass this article.
- ALT1 ... that The Nautical Magazine cited John McFarlane Gray as making "the first example of direct calculation of gyroscopic effect as an engineering quality"?