| Reference number | PT/30/12/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, 'Mark on les Echellets' by James D [David] Forbes |
| Date | July 1845 |
| Description | Figure 2 showing a mark placed on Les Echellets glacier [in Chamonix, France].
Subject: 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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Drawing on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0067 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1846.0014 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/30/12 |
| PT/30/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6280 | Forbes; James David (1809 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1809 - 1868 |