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Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison

Reference number: RR/12/77

Date: 14 July 1894

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', but should be published somewhere. Without calculations it is hard to find exact solutions. Has corresponded with William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who has raised valid criticisms of the paper.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894]

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RR/12/77
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14 July 1894
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the straining of the Earth resulting from secular cooling' by Charles Davison, 14 July 1894, RR/12/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_77/referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-on-the-straining-of-the-earth-resulting-from-secular-cooling-by-charles-davison, accessed on 21 January 2025

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