George Howard DarwinThe Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin
Periodic Orbits and Miscellaneous Papers
Preface
Part I. Periodic orbits: 1. Periodic orbits
2. On certain discontinuities connected with periodic orbits
3. On certain families of periodic orbits
Part II. The Tides: 4. The tides
Part III. Miscellaneous Papers in Chronological Order: 5. On some proposed forms of slide-rule
6. An application of Peaucellier's cell
7. The mechanical description of equipotential lines
8. On a mechanical representation of the second elliptic integral
9. On maps of the world
10. A geometric puzzle
11. A geometric illustration of the potential of a distant centre of force
12. On graphical interpolation and integration
13. On a theorem in spherical harmonic analysis
14. On fallible measures of variable quantities, and on the treatment of meteorological observations
15. On the horizontal thrust of a mass of sand
16. On the formation of ripple-mark in sand
17. Note on Mr Davison's paper on the straining of the Earth's crust in cooling
18. On the mechanical conditions of a swarm of meteorites, and on theories of cosmogony
19. On the perturbation of a comet in the neighbourhood of a planet
20. The Eulerian notation of the Earth's axis
21. The analogy between Lesage's theory of gravitation and the repulsion of light
Part IV. Papers on Tides: 22. The tidal observations of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907
23. On a mistake in the instructions for the use of a certain apparatus in tidal reductions
24. Geological time
25. Presentation of the Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society to M. Henri Poincaré
26. Cosmical evolution
Appendix: 27. Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects
28. Note on the marriages of first cousins
Index.
