| Reference number | RR/6/192 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley |
| Date | 24 February 1869 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results of the first part of the paper dealing with shearing, and general mathematical results, have already been published in the Proceedings. Does not consider the abstract in the Proceedings to be 'sufficiently detailed' to show the full mathematical process.
Subject: Geology, Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] |
| Extent | 5p |
| 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.1868.0028 Vol.17 1869 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/6/191 |
| AP/51/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |
| NA2248 | Moseley; Henry (1801 - 1872); churchman, mathematician, and writer on mechanics | 1801 - 1872 |