Paper, 'On the plasticity of ice, as manifested in glaciers' by James Thomson
Reference number: AP/39/26
Date: 30 March 1857
Description
Thomson briefly presents his theory regarding the plasticity of ice at the freezing point.
Annotations in pencil.
Subject: Physics
Received 1 April 1857. Communicated by William Thomson.
Written by Thomson in Belfast.
A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the plasticity of ice, as manifested in glaciers'.
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- AP/39/26
- Earliest possible date
- 30 March 1857
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Thomson, Paper, 'On the plasticity of ice, as manifested in glaciers' by James Thomson, 30 March 1857, AP/39/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_26/paper-on-the-plasticity-of-ice-as-manifested-in-glaciers-by-james-thomson, accessed on 20 September 2024
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Date: 31st December 1857
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0120
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Archived papers: volume 39, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1856-1857
1856-1857 Reference number: AP/39
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