| RefNo | AP/26/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the diurnal temperature of the Earth's surface, with the discussion of a simple formula proposed for approximating to the same' by S M [Solomon Moses] Drach |
| Creator | Drach; Solomon Moses (d 1869); astronomer; antiquary |
| Date | 27 December 1842 |
| Description | Drach writes of the difficulties of determining the daily temperatures at any point on the Earth's surface, and shares a formula for approximating daily temperatures.
Includes one page of figures separate to the text. Marked on front as 'Revised copy'.
Subject: Geology / Radiation / Climate
Received 31 December 1842.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the diurnal temperature of the Earth’s surface, and the discussion of a simple formula for ascertaining the same'. |
| Extent | 20p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0187 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1bis/18 |
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