On meteorites and the history of stellar systems, [1889].

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On meteorites and the history of stellar systems, [1889].

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This essay formed the basis of lectures Darwin delivered before the Royal Institution of Great Britain on January 25, 1889. It was a popular account of a paper he read before the Royal Society the previous November ("On the Mechanical Conditions of a Swarm of Meteorites, and on Theories of Cosmogony," Proc. 45:3-16).

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George Howard Darwin was an astronomer and mathematician. From the description of On meteorites and the history of stellar systems, [1889]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86138587 From the description of Letters, 1834-1881. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523566 Sir George Howard Darwin (1845-1912), mathematician and astronomer, was the son of Charles Darwin. He was educated at Clapham Grammar School an...