| Reference number | RR/8/219 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from George Howard Darwin, to William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, regarding a paper 'On the secular changes in the elements of the orbit of a satellite revolving about a tidally distorted planet' by Thomas Edward Thorpe |
| Date | 27 June 1880 |
| Description | The passage in his manuscript is 'perfectly correct'. Suggests a clarification for the passage. The note is essentially contaied in the existing analysis, and the paper is already of great length. Asks for recommendation of what to do next.
Extract of letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, dated 14 July 1880: Suggests including the additional note, as it aids clarity.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880] |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1880.0020 Vol.171 1880 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA7855 | Thorpe; Sir; Thomas Edward (1845 - 1925); chemist | 1845 - 1925 |