| RefNo | RR/6/191 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley |
| Date | 2 March 1869 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Much of the paper has already been published in the Proceedings. Printing the paper again, with slight omissions, would not build much on what has already been published.
Subject: Geology, Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1868.0028 Vol.17 1869 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/6/192 |
| AP/51/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |
| NA2248 | Moseley; Henry (1801 - 1872); churchman, mathematician, and writer on mechanics | 1801 - 1872 |