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RefNoAP/44/4
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the simultaneous distribution of heat throughout the superficial parts of the Earth' by Henry Hennessy
Date1862
DescriptionHennessy aims to develop the laws of the distribution of temperature in the portion of the atmosphere in contact with the earth, and to point out the connection between the phenomena of aerial temperature and those of soil and oceanic temperature. Hennessy maintains that hitherto no perfect physical representation of the distribution of heat over the Earth’s surface has been obtained.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Dec 18 1862'. Includes two diagrams in the text relating to the Earth's magnetism and a world map showing the direction of the ocean currents with routes and distances between the principal ports.

Subject: Earth sciences / Magnetism

Received and read 18 June 1862.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 12 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the simultaneous distribution of heat throughout superficial parts of the earth'.
Extent64p
FormatMap
Diagram
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0035
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5993Hennessy; Henry (1826 - 1901)1826 - 1901
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