| Reference number | RR/6/285 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the stability of domes.—Part II' by Edward Wyndham Tarn |
| Date | 18 December 1866 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Rauhines [?]. Considers the mathematics of the paper to be superior to the mechanics. If the paper is to be published in the Proceedings, the author should be asked to take the teue theory into account, or give reasons why it has not.
Subject: Physics, 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.1866.0064 Vol.15 1867 |
| Related records in the catalogue | AP/48/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |