Paper, 'On the descent of glaciers' by Henry Moseley

Reference number: AP/37/9

Date: 1855

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Moseley shares his theories on the movement of glaciers.

Subject: Geology / Glaciology / Mathematics

Received 15 March 1855. Read 29 March 1855 / 19 April 1855.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the descent of glaciers'.

Reference number: AP/37/9
Earliest possible date: 1855
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Henry Moseley, Paper, 'On the descent of glaciers' by Henry Moseley, 1855, AP/37/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_9/paper-on-the-descent-of-glaciers-by-henry-moseley, accessed on 19 January 2025

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I. On the descent of glaciers External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1856

DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0079

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Archived papers: volume 37, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1853-1855
1853-1855 Reference number: AP/37

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