Unpublished paper, 'A memoir containing a solution to a curious and interesting fact' by John Coombe
Reference number: AP/10/34
Date: 1833?
Description
Paper received by the Royal Society as a result of a statement, titled 'A Curious Fact' (see AP/10 for description). Coombe seeks to answer the problem posed by the Society, drawing on principles of atmospheric pressure and the impact of the aperture of the tube on which the cards are placed.
Subject: Physics
- Reference number
- AP/10/34
- Earliest possible date
- 1833?
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 25 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, 'A memoir containing a solution to a curious and interesting fact' by John Coombe, 1833?, AP/10/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_34/unpublished-paper-a-memoir-containing-a-solution-to-a-curious-and-interesting-fact-by-john-coombe, accessed on 05 October 2024
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