Record

RefNoRR/10/30
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Archibald Geikie, on a paper 'On figures of equilibrium of rotating masses of fluid' by George Howard Darwin
Date31 May 1887
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, based on the geological sections. Does not feel confident in giving an opinion on the paper due to its 'entirely mathematical' nature.

Subject: Mathematics, Geology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0078 Vol.42 1887
RelatedRecordRR/10/29
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924)1835 - 1924
NA8198Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist1845 - 1912
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