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The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System. The Substance of Lectures Delivered in 1897 at the Lowell Institute Boston Massachusetts.
1898RW1380London:: John Murray 1898. 1898. 8vo. 342 2 pp. 43 figs. index. Navy gilt-stamped cloth; rubbed corners showing. Ownership inscription of Theodore E. R. Phillips Ryde House Crydon U.K. Very good. First edition. George Howard Darwin KCB FRS FRSE 1845-1912 son of Charles Darwin was an English barrister and astronomer. PROVENANCE: Theodore Evelyn Reece Phillips 1868-1942 was an English Astronomer and Vicar of Headley. In 1883 he was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He studied tidal forces involving the Sun Moon and Earth and formulated the fission theory of Moon formation. In 1918 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society. John Murray, 1898. hardcover books
