Referee's report by Norman Macleod Ferrers, on a paper 'On the conduction of heat in ellipsoids of revolution' by William Davidson Niven
Reference number: RR/8/175
Date: 23 July 1879
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of James Clerk Maxwell, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin and Peter Tait.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]
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- RR/8/175
- Earliest possible date
- 23 July 1879
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Norman Macleod Ferrers, Referee's report by Norman Macleod Ferrers, on a paper 'On the conduction of heat in ellipsoids of revolution' by William Davidson Niven, 23 July 1879, RR/8/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_175/referees-report-by-norman-macleod-ferrers-on-a-paper-on-the-conduction-of-heat-in-ellipsoids-of-revolution-by-william-davidson-niven, accessed on 19 March 2025
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V. On the conduction of heat in ellipsoids of revolution External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1880
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1880.0005
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