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Paper, 'On the formation of ripple-mark in sand' by G H [George Howard] Darwin

Reference number: PP/4/3

Date: 1883

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Darwin writes: 'The following paper contains an account of experiments and observations on the formation of ripple-mark in sand. The first section is devoted to experiments on the general conditions under which ripple-mark is formed, and especially on the mode of formation and maintenance of irregular ripples by currents. In the second section it is shown that regular ripple-mark in sand is due to a complex arrangement of vortices in oscillating water; and the last section gives some account of the views of certain recent observers in this field, and a discussion of some phenomena in the vortex motion of air and water.'

Annotations in ink. Includes 21 pages of prints and drawings of ripple marks.

Subject: Mineralogy

Received 18 October 1883. Read 22 November 1883.

A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the formation of ripple-mark in sand'.

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PP/4/3
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1883
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George Howard Darwin, Paper, 'On the formation of ripple-mark in sand' by G H [George Howard] Darwin, 1883, PP/4/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_4_3/paper-on-the-formation-of-ripple-mark-in-sand-by-g-h-george-howard-darwin, accessed on 09 October 2024

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