| RefNo | RR/8/153 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on two papers 'On the precession of a viscous spheroid, and on the remote history of the Earth' and 'Problems connected with the tides of viscous spheroid' by George Howard Darwin |
| Date | 13 May 1879 |
| Description | Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. As the author is visiting soon, the referee hopes to discus the papers with him and gain some clarification before writing a fuller report.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics
[Both papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0073 Vol.170 1879 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0074 Vol.170 1879 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/8/154 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |