Record

RefNoRR/5/117
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the theory of the motion of glaciers' by William Hopkins
Date21 June 1862
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Discusses the theories put forward by the paper. Is happy for the report to be forwarded to the author.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]
Extent10p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0018 Vol.12 1863
RelatedRecordPT.66.8
RR/5/118
PT/66/8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA6316Hopkins; William (1793 - 1866)1793 - 1866
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