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Paper, 'On Jacobi's figure of equilibrium for a rotating mass of fluid' by G H [George Howard] Darwin

Reference number: PP/9/10

Date: 1886

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Darwin writes: 'I am not aware that any numerical values have ever been determined for the axes of the ellipsoids, which are figures of equilibrium of a rotating mass of fluid. In the following paper the problem is treated from the point of view necessary for reducing the formulæ to a condition for computation, and a table of numerical results is added.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes one page of geometrical diagrams and corresponding prints.

Subject: Physics / Astronomy

Received 12 October 1886 / 1 November 1886. Read 25 November 1886.

A version of this paper was published in volume 41 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Jacobi's figure of equilibrium for a rotating mass of fluid'.

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PP/9/10
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1886
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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34 pages
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George Howard Darwin, Paper, 'On Jacobi's figure of equilibrium for a rotating mass of fluid' by G H [George Howard] Darwin, 1886, PP/9/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_9_10/paper-on-jacobis-figure-of-equilibrium-for-a-rotating-mass-of-fluid-by-g-h-george-howard-darwin, accessed on 09 October 2024

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