Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/47/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/47/1
Title
Autograph letter signed to J. Challis
Date(s)
- 2 May 1837 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
4p paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sends paper for publication by Camb. Phil. Soc. ["On the theory of the equilibrium of bodies in contact". Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. Vol.6 (1838)]. On the physics of buttresses, piers, dykes etc. Comments on the state of modern physics.