| Reference number | PP/4/3 |
| Previous numbers | PP/36/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the formation of ripple-mark in sand' by G H [George Howard] Darwin |
| Date | 1883 |
| Description | Darwin writes: 'The following paper contains an account of experiments and observations on the formation of ripple-mark in sand. The first section is devoted to experiments on the general conditions under which ripple-mark is formed, and especially on the mode of formation and maintenance of irregular ripples by currents. In the second section it is shown that regular ripple-mark in sand is due to a complex arrangement of vortices in oscillating water; and the last section gives some account of the views of certain recent observers in this field, and a discussion of some phenomena in the vortex motion of air and water.'
Annotations in ink. Includes 21 pages of prints and drawings of ripple marks.
Subject: Mineralogy
Received 18 October 1883. Read 22 November 1883.
A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the formation of ripple-mark in sand'. |
| Extent | 87p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Drawing |
| Print |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0077 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |