Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on two papers 'On the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains' by George Howard Darwin, and 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B Hannay
Reference number: RR/8/284
Date: 30 October 1881
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First paper - Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Possibly the best paper yet presented by the author.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Geology
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1882]
Second paper - Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is logically and philosophically unsatisfactory. Suggests a supplement to the abstract already published in the Proceedings be produced, also for inclusion in the Proceedings.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1882]
- Reference number
- RR/8/284
- Earliest possible date
- 30 October 1881
- Physical description
- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on two papers 'On the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains' by George Howard Darwin, and 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B Hannay, 30 October 1881, RR/8/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_284/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-two-papers-on-the-stresses-caused-in-the-interior-of-the-earth-by-the-weight-of-continents-and-mountains-by-george-howard-darwin-and-on-the-limit-of-the-liquid-state-by-j-b-hannay, accessed on 20 September 2024
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IV. On the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1882
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1882.0005
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On the limit of the liquid state External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1882
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0109
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Paper, 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B [James Ballantyne] Hannay
Creator: James Ballantyne Hannay Reference number: PP/1/25
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