Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on two papers 'On the precession of a viscous spheroid, and on the remote history of the Earth' and 'Problems connected with the tides of viscous spheroid' by George Howard Darwin
Reference number: RR/8/153
Date: 13 May 1879

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. As the author is visiting soon, the referee hopes to discus the papers with him and gain some clarification before writing a fuller report.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics
[Both papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]
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- RR/8/153
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- 13 May 1879
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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on two papers 'On the precession of a viscous spheroid, and on the remote history of the Earth' and 'Problems connected with the tides of viscous spheroid' by George Howard Darwin, 13 May 1879, RR/8/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_153/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-two-papers-on-the-precession-of-a-viscous-spheroid-and-on-the-remote-history-of-the-earth-and-problems-connected-with-the-tides-of-viscous-spheroid-by-george-howard-darwin, accessed on 25 April 2025
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XIII. On the precession of a viscous spheroid, and on the remote history of the Earth External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1879
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0073
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XIV. Problems connected with the tides of viscous spheroid External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1879
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0074
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