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Reference numberPT/30/12/1
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, 'On the viscous theory of glacier motion, Part II. An attempt to establish by observation the plasticity of glacier ice' by James D [David] Forbes
DateJuly 1845
DescriptionSubject: Geology / Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Illustrations of the viscous theory of glacier motion. -Part II. An attempt to establish by observation the plasticity of glacier ice'.

Written by Forbes in Edinburgh. Received by the Royal Society on 28 July 1845. Read 15 January 1846.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.
Extent54p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0067
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1846.0014
Related records in the cataloguePT/30/12
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CodeNameDates
NA6280Forbes; James David (1809 - 1868); natural philosopher1809 - 1868
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