Record

RefNoAP/26/3
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished 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
CreatorDrach; Solomon Moses (d 1869); astronomer; antiquary
Date27 December 1842
DescriptionDrach 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'.
Extent20p
FormatDrawing
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0187
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