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Reference numberPT/30/13
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Illustrations of the viscous theory of glaciers, Part III' by James D [David] Forbes
Date10 January 1845
DescriptionSubject: Geology / Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Illustrations of the viscous theory of glacier motion.–Part III'.

Written by Forbes in Edinburgh. Received by the Royal Society on 27 January 1846. Read 26 February 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.
Extent107p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0076
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1846.0015
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CodeNameDates
NA6280Forbes; James David (1809 - 1868); natural philosopher1809 - 1868
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