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Unpublished paper, 'On Poisson's solution of the accurate equations relating to the transmission of sound through a cylindrical tube: and the general solution of partial differential equations' by Robert Moon

Reference number: AP/48/5

Date: 1866

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Moon presents his revisions of Poisson's solution, which include corrections to a law of pressure used in the solution.

Marked on front as 'Archives May 16/67'.

Subject: Mathematics / Physics

Received 14 November 1866. Read 13 December 1866. Communicated by [James Joseph] Sylvester.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 15 of Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Poisson’s solution of the accurate equations applicable to the transmission of sound through a cylindrical tube; and on the general solution of partial differential equations'.

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AP/48/5
Earliest possible date
1866
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Ink on paper
Page extent
72 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Robert Moon

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Robert Moon, Unpublished paper, 'On Poisson's solution of the accurate equations relating to the transmission of sound through a cylindrical tube: and the general solution of partial differential equations' by Robert Moon, 1866, AP/48/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_48_5/unpublished-paper-on-poissons-solution-of-the-accurate-equations-relating-to-the-transmission-of-sound-through-a-cylindrical-tube-and-the-general-solution-of-partial-differential-equations-by-robert-moon, accessed on 15 February 2026

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