| RefNo | RR/12/78 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from George Howard Darwin, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison |
| Date | 18 July 1894 |
| Description | Cannot see the question between himself and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. The question is the theory of whether a cooling Earth would crack, and how the cracks would be filled. Suggests the best judge would be a physicist, such as the recipient [John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh], Joseph John Thomson, John Henry Poynting or Charles Chree.
Refers to Henry Martyn Taylor, his eye problems and increasing blindness.
Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894] |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | doi:10.1098/rspl.1894.0025 Vol.55 1894 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/12/73 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |