| RefNo | PP/9/11 |
| Previous numbers | PP/41/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the dynamical theory of the tides of long period' by G H [George Howard] Darwin |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Darwin writes: 'In the following note an objection is raised against Laplace’s method of treating these tides, and a dynamical solution of the problem, founded on a paper by Sir William Thomson, is offered. Let θ, Φ be the colatitude and longitude of a point in the ocean, let ξ and η sin θ be the displacements from its mean position of the water occupying that point at the time t, let h be the height of the tide, and let ℓ be the height of the tide according to the equilibrium theory; let n be the angular velocity of the earth’s rotation, g gravity, a the earth’s radius, and γ the depth of the ocean at the point θ, Φ.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Mathematics / Physics
Received 5 November 1886. Read 25 November 1886.
A version of this paper was published in volume 41 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the dynamical theory of the tides of long period'. |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0100 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist | 1824 - 1907 |