Unpublished paper, regarding experiments on projectiles by C Holdstock
Reference number: AP/26/8
Date: 16 March 1843
Description
Holdstock shares brief details of his experiments on projectiles. The back of the paper is labelled 'Outlines to explain the specimens of shot that accompany Mr Holdstock's paper'.
Includes seven figures within the text of the shot as it explodes. Preceded by a covering letter addressed to Alfred Smee.
Subject: Ballistics
- Reference number
- AP/26/8
- Earliest possible date
- 16 March 1843
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Drawing
Manuscript
Creator name
C A Holdstock
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C A Holdstock, Unpublished paper, regarding experiments on projectiles by C Holdstock, 16 March 1843, AP/26/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_26_8/unpublished-paper-regarding-experiments-on-projectiles-by-c-holdstock, accessed on 15 October 2026
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Archived papers: volume 26, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1842-1843
1842-1843 Reference number: AP/26
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Alfred Smee
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Dates: 1768 - 1989
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