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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley

Reference number: RR/6/191

Date: 02 March 1869

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Much of the paper has already been published in the Proceedings. Printing the paper again, with slight omissions, would not build much on what has already been published.

Subject: Geology, Mathematics

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

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RR/6/191
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02 March 1869
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley, 02 March 1869, RR/6/191, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_191/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-on-the-mechanical-possibility-of-the-descent-of-glaciers-by-their-weight-only-by-henry-moseley, accessed on 22 April 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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