Mathematical and Physical Papers

Table of Contents

92. Elasticity and heat
93. On the reduction of observations of underground temperatures, with application to Professor Forbes' Edinburgh observations, and the continued Calton Hill series
94. On the secular cooling of the earth
95. On the rigidity of the earth, shiftings of the earth's instantaneous axis of rotation, and irregularities of the earth as a timekeeper
96. Dynamical problems regarding elastic spheroidal shells and spheroids of incompressible liquid
97. Molecular constitution of matter
98. Five applications of Fourier's law of diffusion, illustrated by a diagram of curves with absolute numerical values
99. Motion of a viscous liquid. Equilibrium or motion of an elastic solid. Equilibrium or motion of an ideal substance called for brevity ether. Mechanical representation for magnetic force
100. On an accidental illustration of the shallowness of a transient electric current in an iron bar
102. Ether, electricity, and ponderable matter
103. Professor Tait's experimental results regarding the compressibility of fresh water and sea water at different temperatures. Compressibilities at single temperatures of mercury, of glass, and of water with different proportions of common salt in solution. Being an extract from his contribution to the report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Vol. II. Physics and chemistry, Part IV
104. Velocities of waves of different character, and corresponding moduluses in cases of waves due to elasticity, being appendix to Art. XCII sect. 51.