Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley
Reference number: RR/6/192
Date: 24 February 1869
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results of the first part of the paper dealing with shearing, and general mathematical results, have already been published in the Proceedings. Does not consider the abstract in the Proceedings to be 'sufficiently detailed' to show the full mathematical process.
Subject: Geology, Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
- Reference number
- RR/6/192
- Earliest possible date
- 24 February 1869
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William John Macquorn Rankine, Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley, 24 February 1869, RR/6/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_192/referees-report-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-a-paper-on-the-mechanical-possibility-of-the-descent-of-glaciers-by-their-weight-only-by-henry-moseley, accessed on 10 February 2026
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Date: 31st December 1869
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1868.0028
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Referees' reports: volume 6, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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