RefNo | RR/6/124 |
Level | Item |
Title | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Note on Professor Sylvester’s representation of the motion of a free rigid body by that of a material ellipsoid whose centre is fixed, and which rolls on a rough plane' by Norman Macleod Ferrers |
Date | 14 August 1869 |
Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of James Joseph Sylvester. Gives a criticism of the calculations. Suggests breaking down the method into two parts for clarity.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1870.0001 Vol.160 1870 |
RelatedRecord | RR/6/123 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |
NA3589 | Ferrers; Norman Macleod (1829 - 1903) | 1829 - 1903 |