| Reference number | RR/12/79 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Second letter from George Howard Darwin, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison |
| Date | 29 October 1894 |
| Description | Has corresponded with William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, and agree that the paper should 'begin with an explanation or proof of the possibility of the existence of a cooling sphere, with uncracked surface, whose surface is maintained at constant low temperature'.
Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | doi:10.1098/rspl.1894.0025 Vol.55 1894 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/12/73 |
| RR/12/74 |
| RR/12/75 |
| RR/12/76 |
| RR/12/77 |
| RR/12/78 |
| RR/12/82 |
| AP/70/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |