| Reference number | RR/6/190 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the impact of compressible bodies, considered with reference to the theory of pressure' by R Moon |
| Date | 8 July 1868 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Of the three parts of the paper, the first part has already been published in the Proceedings, which explains all the essential points. The second part translates the first into mathematical language, and the third contains remarks and discussion. Refers to work by Thomson and Tail [?]. Does not consider the author to have taken various forces into account.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] |
| Extent | 2p |
| 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.1867.0085 Vol.16 1868 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/6/189 |
| AP/50/11 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |