RefNo | PP/9/10/1 |
Previous numbers | PP/41/12 |
Level | Item |
Title | Manuscript, 'On Jacobi's figure of equilibrium for a rotating mass of fluid' by G H [George Howard] Darwin |
Date | 1886 |
Description | Darwin writes: 'I am not aware that any numerical values have ever been determined for the axes of the ellipsoids, which are figures of equilibrium of a rotating mass of fluid. In the following paper the problem is treated from the point of view necessary for reducing the formulæ to a condition for computation, and a table of numerical results is added.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes one page of geometrical diagrams and corresponding prints.
Subject: Physics / Astronomy
Received 12 October 1886 / 1 November 1886. Read 25 November 1886.
A version of this paper was published in volume 41 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Jacobi's figure of equilibrium for a rotating mass of fluid'. |
Extent | 31p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0099 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |