| Reference number | RR/12/77 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison |
| Date | 14 July 1894 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', but should be published somewhere. Without calculations it is hard to find exact solutions. Has corresponded with William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who has raised valid criticisms of the paper.
Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | doi:10.1098/rspl.1894.0025 Vol.55 1894 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/12/73 |
| RR/12/74 |
| RR/12/75 |
| RR/12/76 |
| RR/12/78 |
| RR/12/79 |
| RR/12/82 |
| AP/70/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |