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Second letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, to George Howard Darwin, regarding a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison

Reference number: RR/12/75

Date: 06 February 1894

Description

Discusses the theories of the cooling of the Earth. Has looked into the author's earlier paper and finds it invalid. Discusses the effects of gravity on cooling granite.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/12/75
Earliest possible date
06 February 1894
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Second letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, to George Howard Darwin, regarding a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison, 06 February 1894, RR/12/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_75/second-letter-from-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-to-george-howard-darwin-regarding-a-paper-on-the-straining-of-the-earth-resulting-from-secular-cooling-by-charles-davison, accessed on 09 October 2024

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