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Robert Mallet

1810 - 1881

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Born

03 June 1810

Dublin, Ireland

Died

05 November 1881

Enmore, The Grove, Clapham Road, Surrey

Gender

Male

Date of election for Royal Society fellowship

01/06/1854

Occupation

Civil engineer; Mechanist

Relationships

Married 1. (1831) Cordelia Watson 2. (1861) Mary Daniel; father of John William Mallet (FRS 1877)

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Author of

Unpublished paper, 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic or columnar structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet
Creator: Robert Mallet Reference number: AP/57/1
Paper, 'Account of the experiments made at Holyhead (North Wales) to ascertain the transit velocity of waves, analogous to earthquake waves through the local rock formations' by Robert Mallet
Creator: Robert Mallet Reference number: PT/62/7
Paper, 'Appendix to the account of Holyhead earthquake wave experiments' by [Robert Mallet]
Creator: Robert Mallet Reference number: PT/66/7
Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857' by Robert Mallet
Creator: Edward Sabine Reference number: RR/4/160
Letter from Robert Mallet, on his paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857'
Reference number: RR/4/161
Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857' by Robert Mallet
Creator: Charles Lyell Reference number: RR/4/162

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Author of

Unpublished paper, 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic or columnar structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet

Paper, 'Account of the experiments made at Holyhead (North Wales) to ascertain the transit velocity of waves, analogous to earthquake waves through the local rock formations' by Robert Mallet

Paper, 'Appendix to the account of Holyhead earthquake wave experiments' by [Robert Mallet]

Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857' by Robert Mallet

Letter from Robert Mallet, on his paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857'

Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857' by Robert Mallet