Paper, 'Note on a previous paper' by G H [George Howard] Darwin

Description

Darwin writes: 'The paper entitled “On the Stresses caused in the Interior of the Earth by the Weight of Continents and Mountains” (“Phil. Trans.,” Part I, 1882, p. 187) has been found to be erroneous in certain points. The errors, however, do not touch the physical conclusions there attained. As this note has importance only in connexion with the paper, I proceed in the form of an appendix, without explanation of the notation. In the first place— Throughout the paper the normal stresses P, Q, R require an additional term Wi. The only function of these stresses used in obtaining physical results is P — R, and it remains unchanged when this correction is made.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes a geometrical diagram and a print of the same.

Subject: Physics

Received 19 March 1885. Read 30 April 1885.

A version of this paper was published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on a previous paper'.

Reference number

PP/6/30

Earliest possible date

1885

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

13 pages

Format

Manuscript
Diagram
Print